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View usage for: (rænsɪd) adjectiveIf butter, bacon, or other oily foods are rancid, they have gone bad and taste old and unpleasant. Butter is perishable and can go rancid. ...the odour of rancid milk. Synonyms: rotten, sour, foul, bad More Synonyms of rancid rancid in British English (ˈrænsɪd) adjective1. (of butter, bacon, etc) having an unpleasant stale taste or smell as the result of decomposition 2. (of a taste or smell) rank or sour; stale Derived forms rancidity (rænˈsɪdɪtɪ) or rancidness (ˈrancidness) noun Word origin C17: from Latin rancidus rank, from rancēre to stink rancid in American English (ˈrænsɪd) adjective1. having the bad smell or taste of stale fats or oils; spoiled Derived forms rancidity (ranˈcidity) (ˈrænˈsɪdəti) noun or ˈrancidness rancidly (ˈrancidly) adverb Word origin L rancidus < rancere, to be rank Examples of 'rancid' in a sentencerancid Excessive natural oils in the fur will smell rancid over time.Avoid eating them if there is a rancid smell or a strong "burning" taste.It goes rancid quickly and should be used within a year of pressing.When you take the stopper out, you can smell rancid olive oil.Cooking oils: will delay them going rancid.On their own they have smells ranging from apples, bananas and herbs to onions and rancid butter.I became an avid cleaner overnight after finding icebergs of rancid milk in the sink. Chinese translation of 'rancid'- rampage
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Definition (of fatty foods) stale and having an offensive smell the odour of rancid milk Synonyms tainted musty strong-smelling frowsty Opposites Additional synonymsDefinition rotten or decayed They bought so much beef that some went bad. Synonyms rotten, off, rank, sour, rancid, mouldy, fetid, putrid, festy (Australian, slang) Definition having a stale and unpleasant smell the fetid stench of human waste Synonyms stinking, rank, offensive, foul, corrupt, reeking, noxious, rancid, foul-smelling, malodorous, noisome, mephitic, olid, festy (Australian, slang) Definition full of dirt or offensive matter foul, polluted water Synonyms dirty, rank, offensive, nasty, disgusting, unpleasant, revolting, contaminated, rotten, polluted, stinking, filthy, tainted, grubby, repellent, squalid, repulsive, sullied, grimy, nauseating, loathsome, unclean, impure, grotty (slang), fetid, grungy (slang), putrid, malodorous, noisome, scuzzy (slang), skanky (slang), mephitic, olid, yucky or yukky (slang), festy (Australian, slang), yucko (Australian, slang) - rampant
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Additional synonymsSynonyms stale, close, stuffy, musty, fusty, fuggy, ill-smelling Definition smelling of damp or mould The bedroom she was given had a fusty grandeur. Synonyms stale, stuffy, musty, frowsty, rank, damp, mouldy, mouldering, airless, malodorous, mildewed, mildewy, ill-smelling Definition (of food or drink) having gone bad or sour Food starts to smell when it goes off. Synonyms bad, rotten, rancid, mouldy, high, turned, spoiled, sour, decayed, decomposed, putridDefinition (of organic matter) rotting river banks coated with layers of putrid sludge from untreated waste Synonyms rotten, contaminated, stinking, tainted, off, bad, rank, foul, spoiled, corrupt, rotting, decayed, reeking, decomposed, rancid, fetid, putrefied, olid, festy (Australian, slang) Definition complete or absolute the rank smell of unwashed clothes Synonyms foul, off, bad, offensive, disgusting, revolting, stinking, stale, pungent, noxious, disagreeable, musty, rancid, fetid, putrid, fusty, strong-smelling, gamey, noisome, mephitic, olid, yucky or yukky (slang), festy (Australian, slang) Definition made acid or bad, such as when milk ferments tiny fridges full of sour milk Synonyms rancid, turned, gone off, fermented, unsavoury, curdled, unwholesome, gone bad, offDefinition (esp. of food) no longer fresh, having being kept too long a lump of stale bread Synonyms old, hard, dry, decayed, fetid |