Rancid
/ˈɹænsɪd/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Rank in taste or smell.
"The house was deserted, with a rancid half-eaten meal still on the dinner table."
- 2 Offensive. Unpleasant.
"Her remarks were rancid; everyone got up and left."
Adjective
- 1 smelling of fermentation or staleness wordnet
- 2 (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"It was watery soup spiced with pepper and rancid oil."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rancidus (“stinking, rank, rancid, offensive”).