rank
- adjective
- /ræŋk/
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- At first I was quite dubious that this would taste slightly rank, sickly and really fake.
At first I was quite dubious that this would taste slightly rank, sickly and really fake.
- At first I was quite dubious that this would taste slightly rank, sickly and really fake.
- And that's the piece that's being outgrown and you have to evolve away from, there's rank gross filth.
Examples
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The tiny cabin was rank with the animal smells of sweat and sex when Isaah discovered them.
Fiction book (2000) -
It just sounding rank like it does just sound rank.
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Yeah, drop off the shopping or there'll be some really warm, like rank salmon in your in your boot.
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Also, Colton saying that the free office chairs look rank as that's fine.
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The sewing room was still rank with the smell of Irma's father, and now it smelled of the Englishman too.
Fiction book (2002) -
And that's the piece that's being outgrown and you have to evolve away from, there's rank gross filth.
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But Nala likes to eat her treats on you and unless you want to spend the rest of the day smelling like scaly rank stinky fish then it just doesn't go down well.
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The air he sucked in was rank with the smell of rotting garbage.
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After the heavy rain, the old food in the fridge had a rank odor.
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She scrunched up her nose at the rank taste of the spoiled milk.
Synonyms
531
1.3
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
282
1.0
Very dirty and covered with things that smell bad
280
2.3
Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted
160
1.0
Very bad and unpleasant to experience
157
5.0
Very bad and morally wrong
118
1.0
Giving off a strong, unpleasant stink
60
1.0
Having a very bad smell
26
9.1
Having a very bad smell because it has gone rotten
24
3.0
Having a very bad smell or taste
22
6.8
Not pleasant to taste or smell
18
4.8
Having a strong, sharp smell or taste that can be unpleasant
18
6.9
Has a bad smell
15
5.3
Having a bad smell or taste that bothers you
8
7.9
A very strong, bad smell like rotten food or trash
8
6.7
A strong, unpleasant sharp taste or smell
7
4.1
A very strong stink that makes you want to move away
1
9.9
A very strong, unpleasant smell that can make you ill
1
8.5
Having a strong smell that is often unpleasant
1
4.8
Having an unpleasant taste or smell
1
6.5
Something that smells or tastes bad
1
4.4
That has a strong, unpleasant odor
1
3.8
Having a bad smell that people do not like
Having a strong bad smell that makes you move away
Having a strong, unpleasant smell
Giving off a very bad smell
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making people feel sick
Having a very strong, unpleasant smell like rotten food
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A method to measure the relationship between two ranked variables while keeping other variables the same
- Specialized
To measure how two sets of scores are related by comparing their ranks
- Specialized
A number that shows how closely two sets of ranked scores move together
- Specialized
A number that shows how similar the order of items is in two lists
How Smelly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rank meaning having a very bad smell likely grew from the idea of overgrown or decaying plants that smell foul, so something described as rank gives off a strong, unpleasant smell. That is why rank can mean 'foul' or 'stinking'.