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Definitions for Rancid

[1] having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils: rancid butter.
[2] (of an odor or taste) rank, unpleasant, and stale: a rancid smell.
[3] offensive or nasty; disagreeable.
[4] (of butter, bacon, etc) having an unpleasant stale taste or smell as the result of decomposition
[5] (of a taste or smell) rank or sour; stale

Words related to Rancid

disagreeable, putrid, tainted, musty, smelly, moldy, stale, fetid, soured, polluted, contaminated, bad, disgusting, foul, frowzy, gamy, high, impure, loathsome, malodorous

Words nearby Rancid

ranchman, rancho, rancho cordova, rancho cucamonga, rancho palos verdes, rancid, rancor, rancorous, rancour, rand, rand, ayn

Origin of Rancid

1640–50; < Latin rancidus rank, stinking, equivalent to ranc(ēre ) to be rotten + -idus -id4

Other words from Rancid

ran·cid·ly , adverb
ran·cid·ness , ran·cid·i·ty , noun
un·ran·cid , adjective

Word origin for Rancid

C17: from Latin rancidus rank, from rancēre to stink

Synonyms for Rancid

contaminated, disagreeable, fetid, moldy, musty, polluted, putrid, smelly, soured, stale, tainted, bad, carious, curdled, decomposing, disgusting, evil-smelling, feculent, foul, frowzy, fusty, gamy, high, impure, loathsome, malodorous, nasty, nidorous, noisome, noxious, off, offensive, olid, putrefactive, putrefied, putrescent, rank, reeky, repulsive, sharp, sour, stinking, strong, turned, unhealthy, whiffy