redolentadjective [ after verb ]
uk/ˈred.əl.ənt/us/ˈred.əl.ənt/literarysmelling strongly of something or having qualities (especially smells) that make you think of something else:
The album is a heartfelt cry, redolent of a time before radio and television.
The mountain air was redolent with the scent of pine needles.
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Smells & smelling
- acrid
- aroma
- beery
- bouquet
- cheesy
- foetid
- fragrance
- frowsty
- odour
- putrid
- scratch-and-sniff
- smell somewhere out
- smell sth/sb out
- smelly
- sniff sth/sb out
- sour
- stagnant
- stinky
- whiffy
- woody
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redolence
noun [ U ] uk/ˈred.əl.əns//ˈred.əl.əns/
The faint redolence of cigar smoke hung on his clothes.