Senses - The vocabulary words

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Smells

• Pleasant Smells
• ambrosial – sweet smelling, fragrant, aromatic
• aromatic – perfumed, fragrant, scented, sweet smelling, pungent, usually pleasing
• bouquet – the particular smell of a wine or flower
• delicious – a pleasant smell
• fresh – a pleasant, newly made smell that can be clean, clear, cool, crisp, refreshing, sweet, warm
• fragrant – with a pleasant smell
• perfumed – pleasant to smell because perfume has been added or used, or it has a natural perfume
• rich – a smell that is strong in a pleasant way
• savory – pleasant to taste – spicy, pungent, flavoursome, and aromatic, salty but not sweet
• scented – a pleasant smell
• sweet – a pleasant smell that is sweet
• tangy – a smell or taste that is strong and bitter in a pleasant way
• Unpleasant Smells
• acrid – a smell that is strong, bitter, and unpleasant in your nose and throat
• damp – a wet smell
• fetid – an unpleasant smell, usually caused by decay
• frowsty – an unpleasant smell caused by a lack of fresh air
• funky – a strong and unpleasant smell
• fusty – smells old, dusty, or damp
• high – an old-fashioned word that describes a strong flavour and smell
• malodorous – scented, aromatic, redolent, fragrant, stinking.
• musty – unpleasant, stale, and not fresh
• nasty – unpleasant smell
• nauseating – a smell that causes disgust, loathing, or revulsion
• noisome – extremely unpleasant, especially because of being very dirty or having a bad smell
• overpowering – very strong smell
• pungent – a smell that is strong and sharp
• putrid – decaying and smelling very bad
• rancid – rancid food is no longer fresh and has an unpleasant smell
• rank – a strong unpleasant smell or taste
• ripe – a strong or unpleasant smell
• sickly – makes you feel sick
• smelly – an unpleasant smell
• sour – a taste or smell that is no longer fresh
• stale – not fresh or pleasant
• stench – a very bad smell, especially of decay
• stinking – an unpleasant smell
• stuffy – a smell caused by an area with no fresh air in it
• General smell words.
• anosmic – odourless, no smell at all
• antiseptic – clean or pure smell that is bland an characterless
• aroma – a smell that is strong but pleasant
• comforting – pleasant aroma
• delicate – subtle, faint, smell that is not overpowering
• evocative – a smell that makes you think of something, often something that you experienced in the past
• faint – a smell that is not strong
• fragrance – a sweet or pleasant odour
• heady – strongly aromatic, pungent, rich, intoxicating, spicy, piquant – not a mild smell
• heavy – a sweet and strong smell
• intoxicating – A smell that exhilarates, disorients, or excites
• laden – a literary word that describes a strong smell
• odor – a smellodorous – a strong smell
• odourless – with no smell
• piquant – stinging, pungent, an aroma that tickles the nose.
• powerful – a strong smell
• redolent – smelling of something
• reek – to smell strongly and unpleasantly
• scent – a particular smell, especially a pleasant one
• whiff – a slight smell of something

Hearing

• General Sounds
• audible – a sound that is loud enough to hear
• broken – a sound that has spaces in it
• emit – to make a sound
• grinding – a sound of one hard thing moving against another
• hushed – a sound that is quiet
• inaudible – a sound that is difficult to hear
• monotonous – a sound that is always the same and never gets louder or quieter, or higher or lower
• muffled – a sound that is not easy to hear because it is blocked by something
• plaintive – a sound that has a sad quality
• rhythmic – a sound that has a clear, regular pattern
• staccato – a sound where each word or sound is clearly separate
• Describing Pleasing Sounds
• dulcet – soft and pleasant
• lilting – a sound that has a rising and falling pattern
• listenable – easy to listen to
• mellow – a soft, smooth, pleasant sound
• melodic – beautiful sound
• musical – sounds like music
• pure – a clear, beautiful sound
• rich – a sound that is strong in a pleasant way
• soft – quiet and peaceful
• sonorous – a sound that is deep and strong in a pleasant way
• sweet – a pleasant sound
• Describing Noisy Sounds
• at full blast – as loudly as possible
• almighty – used for emphasizing how loud something is
• brassy – a sound that is loud and unpleasant
• deafening – a sound so loud you cannot hear anything else
• ear-splitting – extremely loud
• explosive – a sound that is loud and unexpected
• howling – a continuous, low, loud noise
• insistent – a continuous, loud, strong noise
• loud – a sound that is strong and very easy to hear
• noisy – a sound that is full of noise
• percussive – a sound that is short, like someone hitting a drum
• piercing – a sound that is very loud, high, and unpleasant
• pulsating – strong, regular pattern
• raucous – rude, violent, noisy
• resounding – a sound that is loud and that continues for a while
• riotous – lively and noisy
• roaring – a deep, loud noise
• rowdy – noisy and causing trouble
• sharp – a sound that is sudden and loud
• shrill – a sound that is loud, high, and unpleasant
• thundering – extremely loud
• thunderous – loud
• tumultuous – a sound that includes noise, excitement, activity, or violence
• uproarious – extremely noisy

Touch Feel/Texture

• Abrasive, Ample, Angular
• Bald, Barbed, Bendable, Blemished, Blistered, Bloated, Blunt, Bristly, Broken, Bubbly, Bulging, Bulky, Bumpy, Bushy
• Caked, Carved, Chafing, Chapped, Chunky, Circular, Clammy, Clean, Coarse, Cold, Cool, Corrugated, Cratered, Crenelated, Crocheted, Cushioned
• Damaged, Damp, Dehydrated, Dense, Dented, Dirty, Distended, Distorted, Doughy, Downy, Drenched, Dry, Dusty,
• Embossed, Enamelled, Encrusted, Engorged, Engraved, Etched, Even
• Fat, Feathery, Filmy, Firm, Flat, Fleecy, Flimsy, Fluffy, Fluted, Fragile, Freezing, Frigid, Frothy, Furry, Fuzzy,
• Gelatinous, Glassy, Glazed, Glossy, Glutinous, Gnarled, Gooey, Gossamer, Grainy, Granular, Grating, Gravelly, Greasy, Grimy, Gritty, Grooved, Grubby
• Hairy, Hard, Harsh, Hollow, Hot
• Icy, Impenetrable, Imprinted, Indented, Inflated, Inlaid, Inscribed, Ironed, Irregular, Itchy
• JaggedKnittedLayered, Leathery, Level, Limp, Lined, Long-haired, Loose, Luke-warm, Lumpy
• Malleable, Metallic, Moist, Mosaic, Mushy
• Narrow, NeatOily, Ornamented
• Padded, Patterned, Pleated, Pliable, Pockmarked, Pointed, Pointy, Polished, Pot-holed, Prickly, Printed, Pulpy
• Ragged, Rasping, Razor-sharp, Refined, Ribbed, Ridged, Rigid, Rough, Rubbery, Rusty, Rutted
• Sandy, Saturated, Scalding, Scarred, Scored, Scraped, Scratched, Sculptured, Serrated, Shaggy, Sharp-edged, Sheer, Silky, Slick, Slimy, Slippery, Smooth, Soaked, Soapy, Sodden, Soft, Soggy, Soiled, Solid, Sopping, Spiky, Spiny, Spongy, Springy, Steely, Stiff, Sticky, Stubbly, Stuccoed, Sweaty, Swollen, Syrupy
• Thick, Thin, Thorny, Throbbing, Tiled, Tough, Tweedy
• Unblemished, Unbreakable, Uncomfortable, Uneven, Unyielding
• Varnished, Velvety, Veneered, Vibrating, Viscous
• Warm, Waterlogged, Wavy, Wet, Wide, Wiry, Withered, Woollen, Woven, Wrinkled Yielding Zigzag