odorous
odorous adjective: having a distinctive odor.
Adjective
odorous (comparative more odorous, superlative most odorous)
- Having a distinctive odor.
- The table was piled with odorous lilies.
- Synonyms:
- odoriferous
odorous meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
odorous in Tamil
- நறுமணமுள்ள
odorous in Urdu
- خوشبودار, مہک دار
odorous in Bengali
- সুগন্ধযুক্ত, তীব্র গন্ধযুক্ত
odorous in Malayalam
- malodorous, smelly, pungent
- ഗന്ധ, മണമുള്ള, നാറ്റമുള്ള, ദുർഗ്ഗന്ധി, ദുർഗ്ഗന്ധമുള്ള, പൂതിഗന്ധമുള്ള
Synonyms of odorous
Forms of odorous
| comparative | more odorous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most odorous |
| alternative form | odourous |
Origin of odorous
From Middle English odorous, from Medieval Latin odōrōsus, equivalent to odor + -ous.
Words formed from odorous
Phrases with odorous
Questions about odorous
- What does odorous mean?
- Odorous means having a distinctive odor.
- What is odorous in Tamil?
- Odorous in Tamil is நறுமணமுள்ள. See Odorous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is odorous?
- Odorous is an adjective.
Words near odorous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: odorous (page history and authors); odorous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); odorous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); odorous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); odorous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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