Thesaurus results for AMBIENCE

ambience

noun

ˈam-bē-ən(t)s

variants or ambiance

Definition of ambience

as in aura

a special quality or impression associated with something the exurb has the unmistakable ambience of old money

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Recent Examples of ambience Grab your utensils and water and find a seat among our beautiful plants and new ambiance! — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2026 Apparently, the rest of you have been standing around for the ambiance. — Angela Haupt, Time, 21 Oct. 2026 Retaining Cole’s historic ambiance was important to the restaurateurs. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 Research published in Tourism Management Perspectives suggests that ambience plays a meaningful role in diners’ emotional responses. — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ambience

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Noun

The Melbourne duo taps into trip-hop’s essential strangeness on its latest album, trading the genre’s boilerplate languor for dejected moods, menacing auras, and slippery, all-consuming bass.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
Only one copy will ever legally exist, in a protest against the loss of music’s aura in the age of its digital reproducibility, to paraphrase German philosopher Walter Benjamin.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of aura

Noun

An untitled 2026 work, featuring a bromeliad goddess, inhabits a different atmosphere.

— Tatiane de Assis, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Rooms Las Alcobas offers a moody-luxe atmosphere with a touch of Mexican influence throughout its 35 surprisingly spacious suites and three penthouses, where dark rosewood and fresh, fragile orchids take center stage.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of atmosphere

Noun

The chemical smell was hanging inside their home as her husband taped windows shut to avoid more leaking inside.

— Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
What remained was wreckage — twisted metal, pieces of the balloon — and the smell of something burned.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of smell

Noun

Earlier this month, Ukrainian drones connected to Starshield lost connectivity at high speeds, disrupting air defenses during daily Russian air attacks.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
This position causes the moonlight to pass through a denser layer of air, shortening blue and violet wavelengths and making the orange and red ones stand out — similar to a sunset.

— Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of air

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