Describing Wordsfor Scent

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Here are some adjectives for scent: rich, joyful, clean, herbal, strong citric, dark psychic, sweaty, animal-like, baked pungent, vaguely cloying, soft but rather cloying, cloying but pleasant, faintly cloying but pleasant, alien and exotic, foul acrid, odd and very primitive, strong, dreamy, subtle poignant, ever-present homey, crisp herbal, fresh and now familiar, acrid and metallic, sharp sick, pungent hygienic, salty, acrid, faint but incisive, woodsy, masculine, spicy masculine, pleasant, tangy, sweetish cloying, thorny, thorny, sweet and slightly unpleasant, sharp, unidentifiable. You can get the definitions of these scent adjectives by clicking on them. You might also like some words related to scent (and find more here).

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Words to Describe scent

Below is a list of describing words for scent. You can sort the descriptive words by uniqueness or commonness using the button above. Sorry if there's a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn't perfect, but it does a pretty good job for most common nouns. Here's the list of words that can be used to describe scent:

rich, joyful clean, herbal strong citric dark psychic sweaty, animal-like baked pungent vaguely cloying soft but rather cloying cloying but pleasant faintly cloying but pleasant alien and exotic foul acrid odd and very primitive strong, dreamy subtle poignant ever-present homey crisp herbal fresh and now familiar acrid and metallic sharp sick pungent hygienic salty, acrid faint but incisive woodsy, masculine spicy masculine pleasant, tangy
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sweetish cloying thorny, thorny sweet and slightly unpleasant sharp, unidentifiable spicy, masculine faint herbal sickly citrus clean, male sweetish, insidious faintly cloying wild spicy raw acrid sour urgent secret clean pleasant, herbal characteristic keen pleasant masculine fresh, pleasing clean, female rich, acrid teasing, ephemeral delightful perfumed woodsy, spicy faint rich occasional noxious heavy spicy distinctive unpleasant heady male raw, strong cleaner and nearer omnipresent but faint cloying and sickly sweet overpowering floral tangy, rotten strong but pleasing cagey female clean, woodsy depressingly sharp prickly sweet florid and cloying acrid inhuman particular nice great, acrid poignant delicate sick autumnal clean, masculine hard coppery uncomfortably strong slight mineral faint floral cruel and sleepy sleepy, brittle crushed-petal synthetic floral delicious psychic aggressive psychic somehow golden heavily sweet sweetish, exciting penetrating, acrid delicious, unexpected intoxicating, dizzying incongruous thick faint, herbal distinct, charred cloying, fresh meaty, rich uncanny, pure spicy feminine particular clean clean woodsy queer, sweetish heavy unmistakable strong bloodless grim, sour warm, floral subliminal alkaline spicy indefinable odd, spicy metallic, chemical complex and spicy rich feral sharp unmistakable heavier richer villainous cheap slightly electric fresh and seductive unfamiliar, tangy sour but not unpleasant powdery, alkaline spicy alien subtle and most agreeable dull, crusty shy, clean permanent sweet arid subtle lavish warm luscious heavy quick aromatick evil, heavy haunting purple telltale salty wild, moist faint spicy faint, spicy faint dusty faint oriental heavy, healthy feminine psychic milky, newborn spicy male unmistakable sour strange sterile unhealthy chemical rather cloying bitter greenish slight, pleasant spicy sweet clean, spicy rich, masculine clean male sharp, buttery sweetly repulsive clean soapy strong and unidentifiable flat, strong and unidentifiable slimy psychic warm, masculine heady warm warm lavender subtle, pungent ethereal male unfamiliar herbal routine con\-tinental routine continental seductive, natural stronger, stomach-churning peculiar intangible fresh elusive warm, male unpleasant alien enthralling alien stale and brutish clean, animal wholesome, bland fecund, smoky oily botanical richly sour indefinable masculine pungent alcoholic sweet powdery faint alluring frightful fetid delicious subtle rich, furtive heady, feminine precious, sweet feminine lavender cool heady unbearable sweet cloying, heavy satisfying masculine faint moldy faint but repulsive vague ammoniacal sharp, resiny faint, crisp tingly sweet faint soporific heavy sweetish wonderfully spicy warm murky cold woodsy clean, acrid clean, elusive darker, sweeter undeniably sexual spicy, male erotic, spicy still thick and erotic mystical curative favorite spicy clean, youthful clean, soapy mild, clean nearly fresh and thick sharp spicy overly heady ancient and appealing wildly seductive wicked, promising homey, irresistible indefinite, sweetish masculine, heady sticky, cloying subtle and clean exotic, nutty mildly astringent soapy-herbal fresh sappy heavy nutty clean milky bitter but still pleasing antiseptic, medicinal faint, floral unidentified aromotional fresh, fruity fainter acrid flat iron-chemical iron-chemical brisk aromatic sweet, volatile unfamiliar tangy clean, intoxicating irresistible, infuriating scratchy, smoky muddy, furry wonderful woodsy remote, sweet earthy, spicy fresh and luscious inexpressibly fresh fresh and earthy inexpressibly fresh and earthy powerful, aromatic fragrant, sweet wild and tangy mysterious heady powerful and narcotic faintly troubling fragrant, healthful vague, acrid subtle, unfailing mysterious, heady loathsome and delightful unerring jewish tantalizingly spicy twangy, acrid pleasant restorative exquisite faint fresh familiar indistinct, evasive signal hot sweet but heavy richer, heavier pungent and unique quaint, compelling grateful, spicy heavy sophisticated delicately refreshing forth strong and distinct pleasant vernal purple and strong sweet soporific strange, distasteful natural, warm strong and slightly acrid heavy, happy pleasant, candid false and utterly unworthy singular and aromatic quick and morbid wonderfully quick and morbid faint and characteristic subtle aromatic elusive, tangled powerful cold sweet, appetizing sweet and rather penetrating delightful subtle naturally pungent strange, inimical faintest distant luxurious, romantic present and ever welcome curious, insidious delicate glad particularly heavy and unpleasant chaste, wholesome false morphological strangely pungent sweet shrewd certain racy slight fragrant heavy or pungent pungent, healthy good and fragrant hotter and fresher nutty, acrid elusive cool strong or sweet faint exotic needlessly strong heady, intoxicating faint pungent faint intoxicating wonderful masculine familiar smoky sudden intoxicating almost smoky sudden, heady vaguely floral moist, earthy fresh earthy same spicy almost medicinal bitter animal sweet floral more lavender terrifying, wonderful fresh, tangy sweetish, cloying faint astringent nauseatingly sweet hot and peppery sweet, ethereal delectable human moist, pungent gloriously seductive sweetly bitter harsh but familiar heavy, sweetish heady, spicy delicious, overpowering sweet incomparable popular refreshing clean, distinctive fine magenta faint, cloying sweet, coppery curious and indescribable pleasant, earthy warm earthy disagreeable strong clean pungent strong spicy clean, aromatic dry sweet deliberately awful wild, masculine faint acrid faintly bitter strong, acrid strange, spicy cloying sweet fine aromatic slightly acrid sweet, carrion fresh intoxicating slightly citrus warm citrus nta-lizingly sweet sweet, potent warm floral elusive but undeniable unforgettable aromatic feral, exciting vaguely chemical rich, feral faint, coppery earthy virile cloying lavender sickly cheap faint, sterile delicate and somehow pleasing green earthy scorched, electric sharp, meaty wholesome green heady rich spicy, exotic warm organic moist, mineral sharper, sweeter sweet, astonishing fatally wonderful incomparable, splendid ostensibly magical robust, vivacious female psychic i>physical exotic, pungent subtle cool dry, alluring leathery masculine hopelessly false acrid, caged-animal acrid but subtle smoky, spicy queer, wet opulent male vaguely metallic particular spicy interesting pheromonal rich, appetizing faint reptilian naughty, spicy strongly evocative utterly masculine faint but rich rotten, fishy faint flo\-ral sweet, sappy odd, faint sweet syrupy cool cloudy sharp, wild-animal unexpected athletic fresher, cleaner foul, acrid sudden, foul warm, milky foul animal acrid reptilian odd fresh ripe meaty fried metal cold, dizzy familiar heady oddly spicy unpleasantly intimate odd, smoky harsh, fresh wild faint malign hot odd, dusty sour, hopeless irresistible cheap soft, masculine heady sweet sweetly medicinal bland, inescapable pungent sappy seductive floral compelling masculine wild, clean heady masculine delicious male faintly floral sweet and elusive male, animal soft bookish warm itchy clean masculine familiar woodsy heady, unsettling spicy orange innately masculine sweet lavender sweet, floral pleasant, untamed untamed, masculine intoxicating, feminine green, peppery frighteningly unnatural strange and unidentifiable delightfully erotic same moldy eternally intriguing indescribable, bitter ripe grassy quasi-aphrodisiacal clean and appealing heady, smoky wild masculine disturbingly fascinating rich fruity heady and magical evocatively heady rich, fetid slight persuasive stormy, primal strongly metallic overly potent false or overly potent slight antiseptic familiar nitrous spicy animal sweetish heavy unexpected, unforgettable clingy oriental wonderful homey faintest wild heady, male tangy dark slightest acrid faint and acrid sweet, sultry sharp herbal heavy, narcotic dark cloying heavy, disagreeable soft smoky wonderful spicy spicy, herbal heady, waxy brutal, carnal fancier, stronger erotically masculine warm, all-too-familiar faint heavy sharp foul arid, complex carelessly sexy dreamy religious subtle citrus clean starchy faint, fishy strong, sweetish tangy, clean exquisitely male alien but sweet artificial and pricey extremely artificial and pricey exquisite but indescribable heavy and sensuous rich and appealing clean smoky horrible, sterile serenely seductive quietly sexy gloriously female powdery, milky faintly citrus strange, intoxicating soft, lavender heady, heavy subtle, feminine soft, herbal fearsome, foul thick fruity identifiably feminine curious peppery sweet peppery dusty good rich, dank sweet, tinny sweaty fruity thick, mountainous sharp, welcome arnmoniacal fascinatingly different warmly herbal new, sour dusty, peppery cheap herbal spicy, medicinal heavy, fruity heady, exciting oiled-metal clean familiar sweet leathery ingly delicious distant, diffuse temptingly delicious distant and odious delicious herbal odd, hot heavy lavender faint, comfortable languorous, overpowering spicy tangy irresistibly spicy unfamiliar, terrifying coppery, warm pungent smoky clear salty woodsy clean spicy, powdery unique, spicy gentle lavender earthy and intimate subtle, rotten inherent, indescribable erotic, dangerous curiously peppery sizzling, acrid confusing and exciting thick intoxicating faint buttery black peppery pungent fishy acrid avian heavy, rancid deeply engrossing oppressive woodland woodsy, male vague but revolting sticky, spiced spicy exotic sharper, hotter tangy citrus soft floral faint but expensive heady, precious pervasive sweet horrible sweet sinister, familiar oddly fresh pleasantly herbal ripe, fertile sweetly elusive distinctive and delicious powerful and familiar unusual, earthy unpleasant herbal pungent metallic powdered, sugared heady human stronger sweet antiseptic hospital distastefully harsh sweaty, chemical smoky, powdery darker, bitter unfamiliar witchy secretive, papery familiar and not offensive elusive, spicy older dusty heady irresistible heady, sexy spicy, primal sweet potent thrilling narcotic piquant spicy wondrous, intoxicating pungent, unmistakable distasteful and coppery cold muffled sweet, riotous faintly antiseptic distinctive, tangy same, feral spicy, tangy heady, sharp sour nervous full spicy faint, masculine nutty sweet familiar lavender icy, desperate faintly sweet and earthy earthy, primal teasing, heady wonderfully woodsy decidedly gaseous faintest sour new, sensual clean, fruity primal, earthy green, woodsy strong, alluring pungent, attractive coppery bitter distinctive dusty sunny, penetrating mild citrus deep bearish inappropriately floral rich, irresistible rich ready richly stunning pleasant spicy caustic, familiar subtle, clean unidentified stray distinctive amazonian compelling and familiar healthy powerful ripe gassy subtle but intoxicating sweet and intrusive sweet fleeting subtle, mild earthy, smoky whew—natural sensual, intoxicating naturally acrid haunting, pungent usual, unregulated sweet but potent watery, foggy melted-metal hot melted-metal bitterly acrid rich and peppery papery, dusty clean, sparse creamy, intricate meaty, chemical rich but acrid pale herbaceous jarringly unpleasant incongruous faint effusive, ever-present sweet organic sweetish earthy stale, clean familiar, stale delicate spiced slight ammoniacal unsettled variable keen, pungent pungent and refreshing thick and decadent gently bright specific splenetic lovely sappy strangely aromatic faint and provocative faint, indeterminable faint reluctant old aromatic thick and unmistakable brisk sharp faint indescribable clear and fragrant delicious, balmy strong ill rich, languid strange aromatic deliciously moist other inseparable stuffy domestic subtle, drowsy delicate but penetrating similarly weak fiery offensive peculiarly exquisite curious spicy strong false miniature, small best alluring fresh pleasant elusive aromatic tell-tale human faint, provocative delicate and very expensive sweet or pungent strange repugnant faint oppressive extraordinary false seductive warm hot alien clean dainty strange divine wondrous, appetizing fresh penetrating faint and almost aromatic divinely delectable penetrating sulphurous faint sweet almost cloying sweet spicy faint, peculiar sweet, feminine thin clean overpoweringly sweet faint animal faint, pleasant heavy, cloying sharp pungent heavy, sweet pungent, spicy powerful aromatic faint elusive sickening sweet deep and intoxicating sweet, earthy faint, wonderful rich and heady sweet, sickish sharp, spicy pleasant, aromatic acrid sweet sick, sweet faint salty warm, spicy sweet, pungent faint, sickening faint and delicate keen, fresh hellishly expensive weak psychic fresh, salty faint rotten delightful, pleasant sweet, dusty faintly spicy alien and frightening strange, fresh own spicy delicious floral seductive female pungent and disagreeable heavy, exotic heavy, aromatic almost rural particular sharp sickly sweet rich, heady queer cold cool, metallic heavy, pungent sweet, penetrating rich wet faintly acrid faint, sweet hot coppery sharp masculine sweet, milky delicious dark pungent, unpleasant clean, pungent fragrant feminine heavy, acrid pleasant, fragrant wild, feral faint, moist deep, ripe thin aromatic familiar spicy pleasant floral always fresh and sweet earthy rich crisp masculine exotic spicy raw harsh warm, greasy faint fetid rich heady feral female heavy watery darkly erotic pungent, cloying pungent, bittersweet sharp but not unpleasant usual mortal vile animal pungent, pleasant certain heady intuitive intellectual archaic and mysterious peculiarly terrifying flat, sweet indescribable masculine strong citrus fine fragrant wonderful woodland slightest unfamiliar prescrotal indescribable, unmistakable nice odd strange dank faint, refined subtle, exquisite rough husky peculiar refreshing sweet, cloying sweet, aromatic strong, spicy faint, unfamiliar dark, crisp warm masculine slightly astringent sweet, heavy clean fresh faint, acrid faint woodsy distinctive psychic residual psychic sharp delicious sharp familiar hot, metallic warm animal rich, metallic sweet earthy slightly fruity sweet, intoxicating powerful and delicious aromatic, pungent curious acrid strangely disquieting faintly sweet rich, earthy strange spicy clean, sweet-smelling sharp, tangy white, virgin dark, spicy odd, new strong aromatic sweet, spicy old and cold particularly wonderful intensely sweet perfect fine rich, delicious faint aromatic sharp clean wonderful aromatic acrid, bitter sharp, acrid sour, feral characteristic bitter heavy, funereal strange, brittle sweet, heady somehow pleasing haunting and delicate rich domestic rich, seductive faintly unpleasant faint bitter spicy, subtle rich earthy faint and familiar bitter, herbal pleasant, unfamiliar sour ripe sometimes repulsive clean electric flo\-ral con\-tinental adtinental faint but sickening heady, sweet thick, coppery peculiar dry familiar acrid thick, unmistakable odd peppery warm, female exotic, spicy sudden delicious strange, evocative full, undiluted nice mellow faint, rich faintly chemical crisp, pure familiar masculine intoxicating lilac sweet, peppery spicy golden seductive and irresistible delicious possible strong, feral delicious, clean lightly perfumed familiar florid subtle soft warm spicy sweet but clean rich, floral lush, erotic warmer female vague coppery special savory soft citrus thick sweetish faint, fresh clean, milky sharp, earthy clean spicy sour buttery pungent sulfurous pleasant woodsy more preferable warm, beguiling pleasantly fecund elusive spicy acrid coppery

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Words to Describe scent

As you've probably noticed, adjectives for "scent" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this website, the top 5 adjectives for "scent" are: rich, joyful, clean, herbal, strong citric, dark psychic, and sweaty, animal-like. There are 995 other words to describe scent listed above. Hopefully the above generated list of words to describe scent suits your needs.

If you're getting strange results, it may be that your query isn't quite in the right format. The search box should be a simple word or phrase, like "tiger" or "blue eyes". A search for words to describe "people who have blue eyes" will likely return zero results. So if you're not getting ideal results, check that your search term, "scent" isn't confusing the engine in this manner.

Note also that if there aren't many scent adjectives, or if there are none at all, it could be that your search term has an abiguous part-of-speech. For example, the word "blue" can be an noun and an adjective. This confuses the engine and so you might not get many adjectives describing it. I may look into fixing this in the future. You might also be wondering: What type of word is scent?

Describing Words

The idea for the Describing Words engine came when I was building the engine for Related Words (it's like a thesaurus, but gives you a much broader set of related words, rather than just synonyms). While playing around with word vectors and the "HasProperty" API of conceptnet, I had a bit of fun trying to get the adjectives which commonly describe a word. Eventually I realised that there's a much better way of doing this: parse books!

Project Gutenberg was the initial corpus, but the parser got greedier and greedier and I ended up feeding it somewhere around 100 gigabytes of text files - mostly fiction, including many contemporary works. The parser simply looks through each book and pulls out the various descriptions of nouns.

Hopefully it's more than just a novelty and some people will actually find it useful for their writing and brainstorming, but one neat little thing to try is to compare two nouns which are similar, but different in some significant way - for example, gender is interesting: "woman" versus "man" and "boy" versus "girl". On an inital quick analysis it seems that authors of fiction are at least 4x more likely to describe women (as opposed to men) with beauty-related terms (regarding their weight, features and general attractiveness). In fact, "beautiful" is possibly the most widely used adjective for women in all of the world's literature, which is quite in line with the general unidimensional representation of women in many other media forms. If anyone wants to do further research into this, let me know and I can give you a lot more data (for example, there are about 25000 different entries for "woman" - too many to show here).

The blueness of the results represents their relative frequency. You can hover over an item for a second and the frequency score should pop up. The "uniqueness" sorting is default, and thanks to my Complicated Algorithm™, it orders them by the adjectives' uniqueness to that particular noun relative to other nouns (it's actually pretty simple). As you'd expect, you can click the "Sort By Usage Frequency" button to adjectives by their usage frequency for that noun.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source mongodb which was used in this project.

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