Sensory Words Flashcards

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Dingy

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Gloomy and drab

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2
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Indistinct

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Not clear or sharply defined

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3
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Gaudy

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Extravagantly bright or showy (not in a good way- trying to be hard to be cool and not stylish), typically so as to be tasteless

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4
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Tarnished - noun

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Dullness of colour, loss of brightness
Damage or harm done to something

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5
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Peer

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Look with difficulty or concentration at someone or something
Be just visible
Come into view, appear

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Hazy

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Vague or ill-defined

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7
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Bellow

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Emit a deep loud roar, in pain or anger- usually person\animal
Shout something with a deep loud roar

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8
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Jabber

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Talk in a rapid, excited and often incomprehensible way

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9
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Blare

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Make or cause to make a loud, harsh sound

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10
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Coarse

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Rough or harsh in texture

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11
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Gritty

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Very small pieces of stone\sand

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12
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Powdery

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Resembling powder in texture

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13
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Velvety

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Smooth\soft appearance feel\taste

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14
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Palatable

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Pleasant to taste

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15
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Fetid

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Smelling extremely unpleasant

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16
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Nidorous

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Rankly odorous- smelling of or like burning\decaying animal matter

17
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Fragrant

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Having a pleasant\sweet smell

18
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Odiferous

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Stinky, ill-smelling

19
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Musty

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Having a stale, mouldy or damp smell

20
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Rancid

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Highly unpleasant repugnant

21
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Steno

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Sniff, detect a smell

22
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Whiff

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A smell that is only smelt briefly\ faintly