rancid English

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What does rancid mean?

Definitions in simple English

rancid Adjective

— If something is rancid, it is bad smelling or . The cheese that you left in the refrigerator is rancid.

— If someone is rancid, they are offensive. His comments about you were rancid in nature.

rancid

— adjective (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition rancid butter rancid bacon

— adjective (= sour) smelling of fermentation or staleness

Synonyms rancid synonyms

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rancid English » English

rotten

spoiled

sour

stale

rank

putrid

strong-smelling

stinking

foul

rancidness

odious

fetid

bitter

be rotten

be rancid

unsoundness

turned

tastes bad

tainted

stinky

staleness

stagnate

stagnant

spoilt

soured

sour-smelling

rusty

rot

ribald

putrefy

old

off-color

off

not fresh

noisome

nasty

musty

foul-smelling

flyblown

disagreeable

decaying

decay

corruption

corrupt

contaminated

butyric

blue

blighted

blight

bad

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Person Sense, perceive

Smell

• What words describe something that smells bad?
  smelly stinking acrid body odor awful fetid foul foul-smelling fusty malodorous moldy musty noisome pungent putrid rancid rank reeking rotten

States Quality Good

Decay

• What words describe food that is decaying?
  rotten bad stale moldy sour rancid off tainted