Rancid

  • 11rancid — *malodorous, stinking, fetid, rank, noisome, putrid, fusty, musty Analogous words: decomposed, decayed, spoiled (see DECAY): *offensive, loathsome, repulsive …

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  • 12rancid — [adj] rotten, strong smelling bad, carious, contaminated, curdled, decomposing, disagreeable, disgusting, evil smelling, feculent, fetid, foul, frowzy, fusty, gamy, high, impure, loathsome, malodorous, moldy, musty, nasty, nidorous, noisome,… …

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  • 13rancid — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of foods containing fat or oil) smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being stale. DERIVATIVES rancidity noun. ORIGIN Latin rancidus stinking …

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  • 14rancid — [ran′sid] adj. [L rancidus < rancere, to be rank] 1. having the bad smell or taste of stale fats or oils; spoiled 2. repugnant rancidity [ran′sid′ə tē] n. rancidness rancidly adv …

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  • 15Rancid (EP) — Infobox Album Name = I m Not The Only One Type = EP Artist = Rancid Released = January 1992 Recorded = 1991 Length = 11:37 Label = Lookout! Producer = Andy Ernst Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg… …

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  • 16rancid — [[t]ræ̱nsɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED If butter, bacon, or other oily foods are rancid, they have gone bad and taste old and unpleasant. Butter is perishable and can go rancid. ...the odour of rancid milk …

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  • 17rancid — rancidly, adv. rancidness, rancidity, n. /ran sid/, adj. 1. having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, esp. of fats or oils: rancid butter. 2. (of an odor or taste) rank, unpleasant, and stale: a rancid smell. 3.… …

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  • 18rancid — adjective a) Being rank in taste or smell. The house was deserted, with a rancid half eaten meal still on the dinner table. b) offensive His remarks were rancid; everyone got up and left. See Also: rancidification, rancidly …

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  • 19rancid — ran|cid [ˈrænsıd] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: rancidus, from rancere to have decayed, smell bad ] oily or fatty food that is rancid smells or tastes unpleasant because it is no longer fresh ▪ rancid butter …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20rancid — adjective oily or fatty food that is rancid smells or tastes unpleasant because it is no longer fresh: rancid butter rancidity noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English