perfumed

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of perfume.
  perfume

  noun

  a substance, extract, or preparation for diffusing or imparting an agreeable or attractive smell, especially a fluid containing fragrant natural oils extracted from flowers, woods, etc., or similar synthetic oils.
• past tense form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of perfume.
  perfume

  noun

  a substance, extract, or preparation for diffusing or imparting an agreeable or attractive smell, especially a fluid containing fragrant natural oils extracted from flowers, woods, etc., or similar synthetic oils.

Example Sentences

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perfumed

Military-grade mosquito spray, with its odor of kerosene and bad cheese, perfumed the air.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Great British Chefs specified that tonka’s “most distinctive feature” is their “enormous potency — heady vanilla flavours, with oily clove aromas, and perfumed magnolia, sandalwood notes.”

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025

For now, Estrada and Kolding are basking in their perfumed frontyard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2025

Outside the clinic, in a "Koala Rehab Centre" faintly perfumed by eucalyptus leaves, is a three-year-old recovering from a hysterectomy.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024

At the same moment, as the wood opened up, it always perfumed the air.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Related Words

• fragrant
• scented