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incense

noun as in strongly fragrant smoke

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Bouquets of flowers crowded the tiled floor, and the smell of incense filled the air as a choir sang.

Many on Twitter were incensed Friday by the Associated Press’ recent dismissal of a young news associate after conservative groups came after her for pro-Palestinian activism in college.

From Time

That incensed Musk, who pointed out that Blue Origin had yet to fly a rocket to orbit.

While a Rimowa suitcase, a Nintendo Switch, Jo Malone incense or washable silk pajamas to lounge in can’t fully express your love and gratitude, they probably won’t hurt either.

From Time

I remember struggling with the dark robes, chanting, and incense when I first arrived at Tassajara.

Frankincense is a kind of incense, which is to say room freshener.

She would periodically show up at the house and stay in the attic, where she hung beads and burned incense.

Thousands of years ago, Saudi Arabia fortuitously sat in the middle of the raging incense trade.

The second part of the exhibition focuses on the network of roads built for the highly lucrative incense trade.

I could smell the patchouli oil he was wearing as well as the incense that was burning in the studio.

And thou tookest thy garments of divers colours, and coveredst them: and settest my oil and my sweet incense before them.

Thou sattest on a very fine bed, and a table was decked before thee: whereupon thou didst set my incense, and my ointment.

And they put incense upon the altar, and lighted up the lamps that were upon the candlestick, and they gave light in the temple.

The sun-kissed flowers plume the day with colour, and fling incense to the winds.

The repose is there, the angels also—dear commanding things—and a perpetual incense of cheap soap.

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On this page you'll find 85 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to incense, such as: aroma, odor, perfume, scent, balm, and bouquet.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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