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Rancid synonyms
răn'sĭd
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rotten
Morally corrupt or despicable:
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  1. Morally corrupt or despicable:
  2. Very bad; wretched:
  3. (Slang) Very bad, unsatisfactory, nasty, etc.
stale
Out of condition, ineffective, enervated, bored, etc. from either too much or too little activity
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  1. Out of condition, ineffective, enervated, bored, etc. from either too much or too little activity
  2. (Law) Having lost legal force or effect through lack of use or action, as a claim or lien
  3. Having lost freshness; made musty, dry, bad, etc. by having been kept too long
sour
Ill-disposed and bitter
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  1. Ill-disposed and bitter
  2. Displeased with something one formerly admired or liked; disenchanted:
  3. Not measuring up to the expected or usual ability or quality; bad:
bad
Having no validity; void:
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  1. Having no validity; void:
  2. Being so far behind in repayment as to be considered a loss:
  3. Not achieving an adequate standard; poor:
polluted
(Slang) Intoxicated; drunk
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  1. (Slang) Intoxicated; drunk
  2. Contaminated, specif. with harmful chemicals, waste material, etc.
  3. Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched.
unhealthy
Harmful to character or morality; corruptive:
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  1. Harmful to character or morality; corruptive:
  2. Having or showing poor health; sickly; not well
  3. Dangerous or risky
noxious
Morally injurious; corrupting; unwholesome
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  1. Morally injurious; corrupting; unwholesome
  2. Harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting:
  3. Harmful to living things; injurious to health:
moldy
Stale or musty.
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  1. Stale or musty.
  2. Covered or overgrown with mold
  3. Covered with or containing mold:
carious
Having caries; decayed.
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  1. Having caries; decayed.
  2. Having caries, especially of the teeth; decayed.
putrescent
Of or relating to putrefaction.
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  1. Of or relating to putrefaction.
  2. Of or connected with putrefaction
  3. Becoming putrid; putrefying; rotting
impure
Mixed with another, usually inferior substance; adulterated.
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  1. Mixed with another, usually inferior substance; adulterated.
  2. Immoral or sinful:
  3. Deriving from more than one source, style, or convention; eclectic:
musty
Stale or moldy in odor or taste.
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  1. Stale or moldy in odor or taste.
  2. Out of use or practice; rusty.
  3. Having a stale, moldy smell or taste, as an unused room, food kept in a damp place, etc.
rank
Yielding a profuse, often excessive crop; highly fertile:
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  1. Yielding a profuse, often excessive crop; highly fertile:
  2. Strong and offensive in odor or flavor:
  3. In bad taste; coarse
fetid
Having an offensive odor.
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  1. Having an offensive odor.
  2. Having a bad smell, as of decay; putrid
foul
(--- Baseball) Outside the foul lines:
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  1. (--- Baseball) Outside the foul lines:
  2. (Printing) Containing errors or marked with changes
  3. Having a bad odor or taste:
foul
(--- Baseball) Outside the foul lines:
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  1. (--- Baseball) Outside the foul lines:
  2. (Printing) Containing errors or marked with changes
  3. Violating accepted standards or rules; dishonorable:
fetid
Having an offensive odor.
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  1. Having an offensive odor.
  2. Having a bad smell, as of decay; putrid
rank
Yielding a profuse, often excessive crop; highly fertile:
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  1. Yielding a profuse, often excessive crop; highly fertile:
  2. Strong and offensive in smell or taste; rancid
  3. Strong and offensive in odor or flavor:
stinking
Having a foul smell; fetid.
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  1. Having a foul smell; fetid.
  2. (Slang) Very bad, unsatisfactory, etc.
  3. Offensive, disgusting, etc.
reeking
Totally stinking.
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  1. Totally stinking.
putrid
Proceeding from, relating to, or exhibiting putrefaction:
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  1. Proceeding from, relating to, or exhibiting putrefaction:
  2. Causing, showing, or proceeding from decay
  3. Of extremely poor quality; atrocious or contemptible:
offensive
Causing resentment, anger, etc.; insulting
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  1. Causing resentment, anger, etc.; insulting
  2. (Sports) Of or relating to a team having possession of a ball or puck:
  3. Making a physical or military attack:
smelly
(Figuratively, computing, slang, in extreme programming) Of inferior quality.
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  1. (Figuratively, computing, slang, in extreme programming) Of inferior quality.
  2. Having a noticeable, usually unpleasant or offensive odor.
  3. Having a bad smell.
sour
Ill-disposed and bitter
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  1. Ill-disposed and bitter
  2. Containing excessive levels of peroxides. Used of gasoline.
  3. Made acid or rank by or as by fermentation
disagreeable
Not to one's taste; unpleasant; offensive
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  1. Not to one's taste; unpleasant; offensive
  2. Hard to get along with; quarrelsome
  3. Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
malodorous
Having a bad odor; foul.
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  1. Having a bad odor; foul.
  2. (Figuratively) Highly improper.
  3. Having a bad odor
cloacal
Of or pertaining to the cloaca or the sewer
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  1. Of or pertaining to the cloaca or the sewer
feculent
Filthy; foul
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  1. Filthy; foul
  2. Containing, or having the nature of, feces
  3. Full of foul or impure matter; fecal.
mephitic
Bad-smelling
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  1. Bad-smelling
  2. Poisonous; noxious
  3. Of or caused by mephitis
sharp
Vigilant; alert:
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  1. Vigilant; alert:
  2. Strong; biting; pungent, as in taste or smell
  3. Abrupt or acute:
pungent
Pointed:
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  1. Pointed:
  2. To the point; sharp:
  3. Producing a sharp sensation of taste or smell; acrid
nasty
Painful or dangerous; grave:
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  1. Painful or dangerous; grave:
  2. Very dangerous, troublesome, grievous, etc.
  3. Disgusting or repellent:
disgusting
Arousing disgust; repugnant.
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  1. Arousing disgust; repugnant.
  2. Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
gamy
Having a strong, tangy flavor like that of cooked game
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  1. Having a strong, tangy flavor like that of cooked game
  2. Showing an unyielding spirit; plucky:
  3. Strong in smell or taste; slightly tainted
high
Far or farther from a reference point:
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  1. Far or farther from a reference point:
  2. Advanced in development or complexity:
  3. Raised in pitch; not soft or hushed:
strong
Having or showing ability or achievement in a specified field:
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  1. Having or showing ability or achievement in a specified field:
  2. Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient:
  3. (Chem.) Having a high ion concentration, as certain acids and bases
putrefactive
Bringing about putrefaction.
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  1. Bringing about putrefaction.
  2. Of, relating to, or characterized by putrefaction.
  3. Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction
musty
Stale or moldy in odor or taste.
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  1. Stale or moldy in odor or taste.
  2. Out of use or practice; rusty.
  3. Having a stale, moldy smell or taste, as an unused room, food kept in a damp place, etc.
reeky
Emitting reek.
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  1. Emitting reek.
  2. Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul.
noisome
Having a bad odor; foul-smelling
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  1. Having a bad odor; foul-smelling
  2. Harmful or dangerous:
  3. Offensive to the point of arousing disgust; foul:
frowzy
Dirty and untidy; slovenly; unkempt
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  1. Dirty and untidy; slovenly; unkempt
  2. Having an unpleasant smell; musty.
  3. Alternative spelling of frowsy
fusty
Smelling stale or stuffy; musty; moldy
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  1. Smelling stale or stuffy; musty; moldy
  2. Smelling of mildew or decay; musty.
  3. Not up-to-date; old-fashioned; conservative
moldy
Musty or stale, as from age or decay.
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  1. Musty or stale, as from age or decay.
  2. Covered or overgrown with mold
  3. Covered with or containing mold:
musty
Out of date; antiquated.
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  1. Out of date; antiquated.
  2. Out of use or practice; rusty.
  3. Having a stale, moldy smell or taste, as an unused room, food kept in a damp place, etc.
putrid
Causing, showing, or proceeding from decay
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  1. Causing, showing, or proceeding from decay
  2. Of extremely poor quality; atrocious or contemptible:
  3. Proceeding from, relating to, or exhibiting putrefaction:
rank
Yielding a profuse, often excessive crop; highly fertile:
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  1. Yielding a profuse, often excessive crop; highly fertile:
  2. Strong and offensive in odor or flavor:
  3. Absolute; complete:
rotten
Having a foul odor resulting from or suggestive of decay; putrid.
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  1. Having a foul odor resulting from or suggestive of decay; putrid.
  2. In a decayed or decomposed state; spoiled, putrefied, tainted, etc.
  3. Made weak or unsound by rot:
smells (related)
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    • It does not evaporate or turn rancid, whilst its marked hygroscopic action ensures the moistness and softness of any surface that it covers.

    • Large quantities of butter, generally rancid, are made from the milk of cows, goats and sheep. In the Leka province small black pigs are bred in considerable numbers.

    • Writing of the Tibetan he states: "As a beverage he drinks, all day long, cupfuls of, hot buttered tea, which is really a soup or broth made by boiling tea-leaves with rancid butter and balls of dough, and adding a little salt, and straining - a decoction which was invariably nasty to our taste, though no doubt it is wholesome; for it is not merely a stimulating hot drink in the cold, but overcomes the danger of drinking unboiled water in a country where the water supply is dangerously polluted."

    • In most cases the purification consisted in removing the free fatty acids from rancid oils and fats, the caustic soda forming a soap with the fatty acids, which would either rise as a scum and lift up with it impurities, or fall to the bottom and carry down impurities.

    • Whenever he was so fortunate as to have near him a hare that had been kept too long, or a meat pie made with rancid butter, he gorged himself with such violence that his veins swelled and the moisture broke out on his forehead.

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