SCENTING Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

scenting

verb

present participle of scent

as in perfuming

to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance fancy bars of soap scented with lavender

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as in sniffing

to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose the dog scented a rabbit and suddenly took off

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as in sensing

to have a vague awareness of he scented danger

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Recent Examples of scenting This reed diffuser is excellent for scenting large spaces like living rooms. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 11 June 2026 This year, brands are betting big on banana, scenting their latest launches with the distinctly sweet and utterly nostalgic aroma in time for the hot season ahead. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 19 May 2026 One flower goes a long way in scenting an outdoor space, so don’t surround your patio with pots full of them. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 May 2026 Marin Humane offers an array of classes for you and your canine buddy, from basic obedience to scenting to agility. — Lisa Bloch, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025

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Verb

Butterflies are drawn to the small, white flowers that cover plants in spring, perfuming the garden with their sweet fragrance.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 July 2026
Fortunately, that something can be as easy as spicing it with ginger, perfuming it with florals or smoke, or easier still and our favorite version, adding a grapefruit peel to the shaker tin before shaking on ice.

— Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 4 July 2026

Definition of perfuming

Verb

Dogs can be trained to alert to these odors by sniffing samples of breath, plasma and saliva, and have the capacity to detect cancerous cells early on in the disease’s progression, according to the Kennel Club.

— Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2026
And the men’s team in Midtown — led by owner James Dolan, who notoriously left the Liberty for dead — couldn’t come close to sniffing the Larry O’Brien trophy either.

— Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of sniffing

Verb

Public health experts have linked these health effects directly to exposure to contaminated water and air emanating from the pollution crisis, like the toxic foul-smelling gas hydrogen sulfide.

— Samhita M Ilango, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
But a tough guy can’t be walking around smelling like a medicine cabinet.

— Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of smelling

Verb

Renters are feeling the pressure, too Paul Belmonte sold his home in Seattle last year and moved to San Francisco for a new biotech job after federal budget cuts affected his role at a Seattle nonprofit.

— Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
In several of the messages, Musgrove would ask how Clancy was feeling.

— Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of feeling

Verb

Another man was taken to Insight Hospital and Medical Center in fair condition after also inhaling water, police said.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
People are thought to get infected by inhaling the amoeba from windblown dust or by getting contaminated soil or water in a wound.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of inhaling

Verb

Toyota, Honda and Nissan benefited in their most recent quarterly reports from a historically weak currency, with the first two upgrading their full-year forecasts and the latter seeing its first profit in about two years.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
Regardless, seeing it in practice helped show what the Bills may do at the macro and micro levels once the regular season begins.

— Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

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