'Rancid' definitions:
Definition of 'rancid'
(from WordNet)
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
Smelling of fermentation or staleness [syn: sour, rancid]
Definition of 'Rancid'
From: GCIDE
- Rancid \Ran"cid\ (r[a^]n"s[i^]d), a. [L. rancidus, fr. rancere to be rancid or rank.] Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rancid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- awful,
- bad,
- bad-smelling,
- barfy,
- blown,
- brackish,
- cloying,
- corrupt,
- decayed,
- disagreeable,
- fecal,
- fetid,
- foul,
- frowsty,
- frowy,
- frowzy,
- fulsome,
- funky,
- fusty,
- gamy,
- graveolent,
- high,
- icky,
- ill-smelling,
- loathsome,
- maggoty,
- malodorous,
- mawkish,
- mephitic,
- miasmal,
- miasmic,
- mildewed,
- mildewy,
- moldy,
- musty,
- nasty,
- nauseant,
- nauseating,
- nauseous,
- nidorous,
- noisome,
- noxious,
- odious,
- odorous,
- off,
- offensive,
- olid,
- overripe,
- poisonous,
- putrid,
- rank,
- reasty,
- reasy,
- rebarbative,
- reechy,
- reeking,
- reeky,
- repulsive,
- ripe,
- rotten,
- sickening,
- smellful,
- smelling,
- smelly,
- sour,
- soured,
- spoiled,
- spoilt,
- stale,
- stenchy,
- stinking,
- strong,
- stuffy,
- sulfurous,
- tainted,
- turned,
- vile,
- vomity,
- weevily,
- yucky