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Definition: Scented |
ScentedAdjective1. Having the sense of smell; "keen-scented hounds". 2. Filled or impregnated with perfume; "perfumed boudoir"; "perfumed stationery"; "scented soap". 3. Having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers". 4. (used in combination) having the odor of; "clean-scented laundry"; "a manure-scented barnyard". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scented" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: ScentedSynonyms: odoriferous (adj), odorous (adj), perfumed (adj), sweet (adj), sweet-scented (adj), sweet-smelling (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: scentless (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Scented |
| English words defined with "scented": angrecum ♦ bath oil ♦ cachou, canafistola, canafistula, Cassia fistula, Comptonia asplenifolia, Comptonia peregrina ♦ drumstick tree, Dryopteris oreopteris ♦ family Solanaceae ♦ golden shower tree ♦ incense cedar, Indian beech ♦ Mohria caffrorum, mountain fern ♦ Olent, Oreopteris limbosperma, Overscented ♦ pink fivecorner, Poncirus trifoliata, Pongamia glabra, potato family, pudding pipe tree, purging cassia ♦ Rhus trilobata, rootbound, rose water, Russia leather ♦ scented fern, skunkbush, Solanaceae, squawbush, Styphelia triflora, sweet fern ♦ talcum, talcum powder, trifoliata, trifoliate orange ♦ wild orange, Windsor soap. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "scented": Misnomers. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm making scented candles (That '80s Show; writing credit: Irit Boger) You know why? Because he had something buried in that garden that the dog scented. (Rear Window; writing credit: John Michael Hayes; Cornell Woolrich) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Scented Envelopes (1923) Scented Secrets (1990) | |
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| "Pansys" by Bobbie Osborne Commentary: "(Viola x wittrockiana) These lightly scented flowers are available in a huge range of colors. The dark centers in some flowers are thought to resemble little faces. ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | The air was clear and scented, the breeze flitted lightly through the tall grass around his cave, the birds were chirruping at each other, the butterflies were flitting about prettily, and the whole of nature seemed to be conspiring to be as pleasant as it possibly could |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The stove not only took up room and scented the house, but it concealed the fire, and I felt as if I had lost a companion |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Avoid using feminine hygiene sprays and scented douches, which may irritate the urethra. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Scented" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 61.48% of the time. "Scented" is used about 244 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 61.48% | 150 | 25,701 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 19.67% | 48 | 49,194 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 18.03% | 44 | 51,500 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.41% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.41% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 244 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "scented": african scented mahogany ♦ scented fern ♦ scented handkerchief ♦ scented penstemon ♦ scented soap ♦ scented wattle. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "scented": scented-leaf, scented-leaved. | |
Ending with "scented": apple-scented, cinnamon-scented, flower-scented, herb-scented, lemon-scented, night-scented, pine-scented, rose-scented, thyme-scented, violet-scented. | |
Containing "scented": hay-scented fern, lemon-scented gum, sweet-scented geranium, Sweet-scented shrub. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "scented"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | معطر (odorous, perfumed), عبق (fragrant). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ароматен (ambrosial, balmy, fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, sapid, spicy, sweet-scented), ароматизиран, благоуханен (ambrosial, fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, redolent), парфюмиран (perfumed). (various references) | |
Chinese | 香 (appetizing, fragrant, incense, popular, savory, sweet), 有气味. (various references) | |
Danish | spansk koervel (garden myrrh, sweet cicely, sweet scented myrrh), sapeli (sapele, sapele mahogany, sapeli, sapelli, scented mahogany), indisk stenkløver (scented trefoil), guarea (bosse, scented guarea, white guarea), aboudikro (sapele, sapele mahogany, sapeli, sapelli, scented mahogany). (various references) | |
Dutch | sapelli (sapele, sapele mahogany, sapeli, sapelli, scented mahogany), roomse kervel (garden myrrh, sweet cicely, sweet scented myrrh), lifaki (sapele, sapele mahogany, sapeli, sapelli, scented mahogany), kleinbloem-honingklaver (scented trefoil), echte kamille (scented mayweed), bossé (bosse, scented guarea, white guarea), aboudikro (sapele, sapele mahogany, sapeli, sapelli, scented mahogany). (various references) | |
Farsi | معطر (Aromatic, Nutty, Redolent, Spicy), عطرزده , خوشبو (Aromatic, Rosy). (various references) | |
Finnish | sapelimahonki (sapele, sapele mahogany, sapeli, sapelli, scented mahogany), sapelemahonki (sapele, sapele mahogany, sapeli, sapelli, scented mahogany), sapele (sapele, sapele mahogany, sapeli, sapelli, scented mahogany), saksankirveli (garden myrrh, sweet cicely, sweet scented myrrh). (various references) | |
French | parfumé. (various references) | |
German | witterte, gewittert. (various references) | |
Greek | με μυρωδιά από. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מתומרק (perfumed), מבושם (fragrant, mellow, perfumed). (various references) | |
Hungarian | illatosított (odorous, perfumed). (various references) | |
Italian | subdorato, profumato (fragrant, luscious, odoriferous, redolent, sweet). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 芳墨 (honorific reference to another's letter, scented ink). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ほうぼく (grazing, honorific reference to another's letter, pasturage, scented ink). (various references) | |
Korean | 냄새가 나는. (various references) | |
Manx | soaral (odorous, pong, scent, sense of smell, smell, smelling, whiff). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | entedscay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sapeli (sapele, sapele mahogany, sapeli, sapelli, scented mahogany), trevo-de-cheiro (scented trefoil), bossé (bosse, scented guarea, white guarea). (various references) | |
Romanian | tãmâios (frankincense, incense), parfumat (aromatic, balmy, flavorous, odoriferous, redolent, spicy), aromitor (drowsy, fragrant, perfumed), înmiresmat (fragrant, odorous). (various references) | |
Russian | ароматизированный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | namirisan (perfumed), mirisan (aromatic, deodorant, flavored, flavoured, fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, redolent, savory, savoury, smelling). (various references) | |
Spanish | perfumado (perfumed). (various references) | |
Swedish | parfymerad (perfumed), doftande (flavorous, fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, redolent). (various references) | |
Thai | ี่มีกลิ่นหอม. (various references) | |
Turkish | kokulu (aromatic, balsamic, fragrant, nosey, nosy, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, redolent, Savory, savoury, spiced, spicy), esanslı. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | надушений (perfumed), ароматний (balmy, balsamic, flavored, flavoured, fragrant, luscious, nosey, odorant, odorous, perfumed, redolent). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | xức nước hoa có mùi thơm, ướp nước hoa. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Aloysia triphylla, Aloysis citriodora, Entandrophragma cylindricum, Guarea cedrata, Lippia citriodora, Lippia triphylla, Melilotus indicus, Melilotus parviflorus, Myrrhis odorata. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "scented": unscented. (additional references) | |
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"Scented" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sceened, scened, scenter, sciente, sente, skanted. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "scented" (pronounced se"ntud) |
| 6 | s e" n t u d | consented, dissented. |
| 5 | -e" n t u d | augmented, cemented, circumvented, contented, demented, dented, discontented, invented, lamented, fermented, misrepresented, overrepresented, presented, prevented, reinvented, relented, rented, repented, represented, resented, underrepresented, unrepresented, vented. |
| 4 | -n t u d | accented, accounted, acquainted, affronted, amounted, anted, appointed, blunted, chanted, commented, complemented, complimented, confronted, counted, daunted, disappointed, jointed, discounted, disenchanted, disjointed, disoriented, documented, enchanted, experimented, fainted, fingerprinted, flaunted, fomented, fragmented, frequented, fronted, granted, grunted, hinted, hunted, implanted, implemented, imprinted, minted, mounted, oriented, ornamented, painted, panted, patented, pinpointed, planted, pointed, printed, ranted, reappointed, recanted, recounted, regimented, repainted, replanted, reprinted, sainted, segmented, shunted, slanted, sprinted, stunted, supplanted, supplemented, surmounted, tainted, talented, taunted, tinted, tormented, transplanted, unaccounted, uncounted, undaunted, undercounted, undocumented, unpainted, unprecedented, untainted, unwanted, unwarranted, vaunted, wanted, warranted. |
| 3 | -t u d | abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, abated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, accosted, accredited, accumulated, acquitted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, adjusted, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, arrested, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, assisted, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bifurcated, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, committed, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, completed, complicated, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, congested, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consisted, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, costed, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, crested, crusted, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, delisted, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detested, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, digested, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disassociated, disconnected, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, inverted, invested, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, laminated, lasted, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, listed, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, lusted, discredited, discriminated, disgusted, disintegrated, disinterested, disinvited, dislocated, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, dusted, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, existed, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, federated, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fisted, fitted, fixated, flabbergasted, flagellated, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, foisted, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, formulated, fretted, frosted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, grated, gravitated, greeted, guested, gusted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, humiliated, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implicated, imported, impregnated, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infested, infiltrated, inflated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, mandated, manifested, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masted, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, mitigated, moderated, modulated, molested, motivated, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, neglected, negotiated, nested, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, originated, ousted, outdated, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overregulated, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, parachuted, parted, participated, pasted, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pirated, pitted, pivoted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, preexisted, prefabricated, premeditated, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, reactivated, readjusted, readmitted, reallocated, rearrested, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, reciprocated, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvested, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, repatriated, repeated, replicated, reported, repudiated, reputed, requested, rerouted, resisted, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rusted, rutted, salivated, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suggested, suited, superheated, supported, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, targeted, tasted, tempted, terminated, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, titillated, toasted, tolerated, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccredited, unadjusted, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, undated, undefeated, underestimated, underrated, underreported, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmitigated, unmolested, unobstructed, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrequited, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untested, untreated, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, venerated, ventilated, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: descent. | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: censed, decent, nested, tensed. | |
-2 letters: cedes, cense, cents, cetes, deets, denes, dense, dents, needs, scend, scene, scent, sente, steed, teens, tends, tense. | |
-3 letters: cede, cees, cent, cete, dees, deet, dene, dens, dent, ends, need, nest, nets, sect, seed, seen, send, sene, sent, sned, teds, teed, teen, tees, tend, tens. | |
-4 letters: cee, dee, den, eds. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: descents, encysted. | |
+2 letters: anecdotes, antecedes, ascendent, benedicts, chastened, coextends, congested, consented, contested, decadents, decanters, decedents, decenters, decentest, decentres, decongest, dehiscent, denticles, descanted, duecentos, encrusted, indictees, inductees, inspected, sectioned, sentenced, stenciled, stridence, succedent, tendances, tendences, unscented. | |
+3 letters: abducentes, adolescent, ancestored, ascendents, candescent, centipedes, christened, condensate, consuetude, contenders, coresident, cottonseed, deceptions, decongests, decrements, decrescent, defections, deficients, dejections, demulcents, descendant, descendent, desistance, detections, directness, dysenteric, fecundates, indiscreet, intercedes, iridescent, precedents, scientized, seducement, stencilled, stridences, tendencies, transected, uncorseted, unescorted, unselected. | |
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