rancid
20
4.5
- adjective
- /ˈrænsɪd/
:
rancio
- The chicken in the corporal's soup had been a bit rancid and caused his stomach to churn.
- rancid smell
And so now that it's rancid, they have to deodorize it.
- And so now that it's rancid, they have to deodorize it.
- Yeah, Well, we've now discovered that vegetable oils are are often rancid and, you know, so it's toxic.
- Like it was just like a rancid smell, infectious, I don't know, like it smelled so awful.
- But you can't sell fruit like that because it'll go rancid by the time you've sold it anywhere.
- Some people describe it as a like a rancid fruity smell.
Examples
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The smell of rancid meat.
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When we were back on the street, the rancid smoke of the fried food followed us for a while.
Fiction book (1997) -
- Sorry, I'm late, boss, I picked up meat and it was rancid.
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Russian sergeant came along with a pound of rancid butter.
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The sugar lined his nose and throat and made the rancid air smell sickly sweet.
Fiction book (1991) -
The soldiers smelled of rancid butter and looked uncomfortably warm in their uniforms.
Fiction book (1994) -
The sauce smells rancid, and a sourness rises up my esophagus.
Fiction book (2000) -
The smell of rancid meat filled the kitchen, making everyone refuse to eat.
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After leaving the butter out all week, it turned rancid and had to be discarded.
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She realized the cooking oil had gone rancid when she noticed its unusual odor.
Synonyms
160
1.0
Very bad and unpleasant to experience
118
1.0
Giving off a strong, unpleasant stink
54
1.1
No longer fresh and pleasant to eat
26
3.8
Very bad or of poor quality
26
9.1
Having a very bad smell because it has gone rotten
22
6.8
Not pleasant to taste or smell
18
4.8
Having a strong, sharp smell or taste that can be unpleasant
12
7.0
Rotting and smelling very bad
10
1.0
Having a sharp unpleasant smell from decay or dampness
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
1.8
Food that is no longer safe to eat because it has gone bad
1
8.5
Having a strong smell that is often unpleasant
1
6.5
Something that smells or tastes bad
1
8.2
A very bad smell like rotten food
1
4.4
That has a strong, unpleasant odor
1
3.8
Having a bad smell that people do not like
Having a very strong, unpleasant smell like rotten food
Having a very strong unpleasant smell or taste
Tasting sharp and like lemon or vinegar
Having a strong, unpleasant smell
Having a strong bad smell that makes you move away
Turned unpleasant, like milk that went bad or a friendship that ended
Antonyms
How Rancid
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rancid comes from an old Latin word rancidus meaning 'stinking', and it is like the English word rank, which means a 'strong, bad smell'. So rancid describes food or fat that has gone bad and now has a sharp, sour, or rotten smell and taste.