smelled

verbperceive with the nose
verbhave an odor

Synonyms for smelled

verb perceive with the nose

Antonyms for smelled

Word Origin & History

late 12c., "emit or perceive an odor," not found in Old English, perhaps cognate with Middle Dutch smolen, Low German smelen "to smolder" (see smolder). However, OED says "no doubt of Old English origin, but not recorded, and not represented in any of the cognate languages." Related: Smelled or smelt; smelling.

Smelling salts (1840), used to revive the woozy, typically were a scented preparation of carbonate of ammonia. Smell-feast (n.) "one who finds and frequents good tables, one who scents out where free food is to be had" is from 1510s ("very common" c.1540-1700, OED). Smell-smock "licentious man" was in use c.1550-c.1900. To smell a rat "be suspicious" is from 1540s.

Example Sentences for smelled

At one end there was a thong with a loop in it, and it smelled of tiger.

Theyclaimed to be kin to us, and they cared nothing for Man even when they smelled him.

Then I knew why Opata smelled of mischief when he had caught snakes in the lagoon.

The air I breathed was warm and smelled like that of an iron foundry.

He had smelled it too often in the last two years to be mistaken.

Then he approached and she rose up suddenly and stood as high as she could to be smelled.

I thought that I smelled gold and silver beneath the barley meal.

And while his eyes were still closed, he had felt, tasted, and smelled.

Then he smelled the strange fabric, saturated with the man-smell.

She smelled them and sat down in her place facing the sea-wall.