fragrant
UK/ˈfɹeɪ.ɡɹənt/
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obsolete/ˈfɹæ.ɡɹənt/
fragrant adjective: sweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.
Adjective
fragrant (comparative more fragrant, superlative most fragrant)
- Sweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.
- fragrant flower
- fragrant smell
- Attractive.
- party-political interventions made by the fragrant Ms Stella Rimington.1995, Christopher Hitchens, Letter to the London Review of Books, Vol. 17 No. 4, 23 February 1995
- the fragrant Ms Lawson should rename her show 'Nigella Swallows'2001, Kathryn Flett, Uneven Stephen, television review, The Guardian
fragrant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fragrant in Hindi
- sweet-smelling
- सौंधा saundhā
fragrant in Tamil
- நறுமணமுள்ள, மணமுள்ள
fragrant in Marathi
- fragrant, sweet-scented
- सुगंधित sugandhit
- fragrant, sweet-smelling
- सुगंधी sugandhī
fragrant in Urdu
- fragrant, aromatic; perfumed
- خوشبودار xušbūdār
More languagesFewer languages
- fragrant in Telugu
- సువాసన కలిగినది
- fragrant in Malayalam
- സുഗന്ധമുള്ള, സുഗന്ധപൂരിതമായ, സുഗന്ധിയായ, അനുവാസിത
- fragrant in Kannada
- ಕಂಪುಳ್ಳ, ಸುಗಂಧ ಸೂಸುವ, ಸುವಾಸನೆಯ, ಪರಿಮಳದ
- fragrant in Punjabi
- ਖੁਸ਼ਬੂਦਾਰ khuśbūdār
- fragrant in Sanskrit
- सुगन्ध sugandha, सौरभ saurabha, कषाय kaṣāya
- fragrant in Pashto
- خوش بو khūsh-bū
- fragrant in Tagalog
- mabango
- fragrant in Arabic
- رَيًّا rayyan, عَبِق ʕabiq
- fragrant in Malay
- wangi, harum, semerbak
- fragrant in Indonesian
- wangi, harum, semerbak
- fragrant in Thai
- หอม hɔ̌ɔm
- fragrant in Vietnamese
- thơm
Examples of fragrant in a sentence
- The freshly picked flowers will wilt in a few days but for now are still fragrant.
- They gooed their hair with some fragrant styling product.
- “It’s fragrant and herbal, like you’re taking a big breath of the forest.
Synonyms of fragrant
Antonyms
Forms of fragrant
| comparative | more fragrant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fragrant |
| alternative form (obsolete) | fragraunt |
Origin of fragrant
Borrowed from Latin frāgrāns, present active participle of frāgrō (“to smell”).
Words formed from fragrant
- fragrancy
- fragrant agrimony
- fragrant angelica
- fragrant azalea
- fragrant balm
- fragrant bedstraw
- fragrant cliff fern
- fragrant goldenrod
- fragrantly
- fragrant magnolia
- fragrant meat
- fragrantness
- fragrant orchid
- fragrant rosewood
- fragrant shield fern
- fragrant snowbell
- fragrant solomon's seal
- fragrant sumac
- fragrant water lily
- fragrant wood fern
- fragrant woodsia
- infragrant
- nonfragrant
- overfragrant
- unfragrant
Phrases with fragrant
Words that rhyme with fragrant
Questions about fragrant
- What does fragrant mean?
- Fragrant means sweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.
- What is fragrant in Hindi?
- Fragrant in Hindi is सौंधा (saundhā). See Fragrant meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fragrant?
- Fragrant is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce fragrant?
- Fragrant is pronounced /ˈfɹeɪ.ɡɹənt/ (UK).
Words near fragrant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fragrant (page history and authors); fragrant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सुगंधित (Marathi) (page history and authors); خوشبودار (Urdu) (page history and authors); fragrant (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fragrant (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); fragrant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਖੁਸ਼ਬੂਦਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); कषाय (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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