Adjectives that collocate with SMELL (Sorted by collocation rank)
sweet (81), earthy (61), peculiar (61), bad (60), nice (59), familiar (59), strong (58), warm (53), fresh (53), particular (52), fragrant (52), musty (51), unmistakable (50), cooking (50), overpowering (49), smoky (49), faint (49), sharp (48), pungent (48), wonderful (48), rank (47), delicious (47), unusual (46), rancid (46), spicy (46), unpleasant (46), aromatic (45), acrid (44), metallic (44), fishy (43), evil (43), awful (42), horrible (42), lovely (41), distinct (40), lingering (40), nasty (40), rich (40), stale (40), sickly (39), nauseating (39), delectable (38), strange (38), putrid (38), musky (37), terrible (37), pervasive (36), distinctive (36), sour (35), damp (34), vile (33), oily (31), funny (31), offensive (30), masculine (27), savoury (27), dank (24), appalling (18),
Adjectives that collocate with SMELL (Sorted by alphabetical order)
acrid (44), appalling (18), aromatic (45), awful (42), bad (60), cooking (50), damp (34), dank (24), delectable (38), delicious (47), distinct (40), distinctive (36), earthy (61), evil (43), faint (49), familiar (59), fishy (43), fragrant (52), fresh (53), funny (31), horrible (42), lingering (40), lovely (41), masculine (27), metallic (44), musky (37), musty (51), nasty (40), nauseating (39), nice (59), offensive (30), oily (31), overpowering (49), particular (52), peculiar (61), pervasive (36), pungent (48), putrid (38), rancid (46), rank (47), rich (40), savoury (27), sharp (48), sickly (39), smoky (49), sour (35), spicy (46), stale (40), strange (38), strong (58), sweet (81), terrible (37), unmistakable (50), unpleasant (46), unusual (46), vile (33), warm (53), wonderful (48),
Last edited April 17, 2012
