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Writers know that using the senses is a great way to make stories come alive. This post is about how writers could and should use words that describe smells. Great writers use the five senses when they write. They make their stories real by allowing us to experience what their characters see, smell, hear, taste, and touch. Using the senses is one of the best ways for writers to learn how to show and not tell. I have written about words that describe taste, and touch, and sound in previous posts. We also have a post on words that describe colours. In this post, I am writing about words that describe smells. About SmellA smell is ‘the pleasant or unpleasant quality of something that you notice when you breathe in through your nose’. To smell is ‘to notice or recognise the smell of something’. The Power Of SmellSmell is one of the most powerful senses.
Writing TipBecause of this power, writers can use the sense of smell to show a character‘s background, or to move a plot forward. Quite Interesting:
75 Words That Describe SmellsGeneral Words Describing SmellsUse these words that describe smells when you are setting a scene.
Words That Describe Unpleasant Smells
Words That Describe Pleasant Smells
Words That Smell Like Something
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Posted on: 10th June 2019 How would you describe a good smell?Airy, acrid, aromatic, astonishing, balmy, balsamic, beautiful, bubbly, celestial, cheap, clean, cool, delicate, delicious, delightful, dewy, divine, exotic, exquisite, faint, familiar, favorite, fine, floral, fresh, green, gentle, great, graceful, heady, heavenly, heavy, holy, immortal, light, lovely, mild, musky, ...
What is a word for something that smells good?synonyms for sweet-smelling
fragrant. perfumed. pungent. savory. scented.
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