Rancidness

  • 31malodorousness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Bad smell Nouns 1. malodorousness, malodor, fetor, fetidness, bad smell, funk, fust, smelliness, bad odor, stench, stink, foul odor, effluvium, rankness, goatishness, goatiness, mephitis, miasma, mustiness …

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  • 32sourness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Acid taste Nouns 1. sourness, acid[ity], acerbity, acridity, astringency, tartness, rancidness, unsavoriness. See taste, pungency, discord. 2. (sour substance) vinegar, acetum, verjuice, acetic acid, alum; …

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  • 33rancor — (n.) early 13c., from O.Fr. rancor, from L. rancorem rancidness, grudge, bitterness, from L. rancere to stink (see RANCID (Cf. rancid)) …

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  • 34rancid — adjective 1》 (of foods containing fat or oil) smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being stale. 2》 highly unpleasant; repugnant. Derivatives rancidity noun rancidly adverb rancidness noun Origin C17: from L. rancidus stinking …

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  • 35rankness — n. 1. Luxuriance, excess, extravagance. 2. Rancidness, rancidity, strong smell …

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  • 36stench — n stink, fetor, malodor, rancidity, foul odor, strong or gamy smell, body odor, Inf. B.O.; halitosis, bad breath, mephitis, miasma, effluvium, fume, taint; fetidness, fetidity, malodorousness, stinkiness, smelliness; gaminess, rancidness,… …

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  • 37stink — v 1. reek, smell, smell to high heaven, smell like a goat, assault the nostrils, Inf. knock out. 2. be in disrepute, be in disgrace, have a bad name, have one s name be mud, have a blot on one s escutcheon or record, lose caste or face. n 3.… …

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  • 38rancid — /ˈrænsəd / (say ransuhd) adjective 1. having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste: rancid butter. 2. rank in this manner: a rancid smell. {Latin rancidus} –rancidness, noun …

  • 39þranha- Ⅰ — *þranha , *þranham germ.?, stark. Neutrum (a): nhd. Ranzigkeit, Fäulnis; ne. rottenness, rancidness; Rekontruktionsbasis: ae.; Hinweis: s. *þranha (Adjektiv); Etymologie: s. ing. *strenk̑ …

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  • 40rancid — [ran′sid] adj. [L rancidus < rancere, to be rank] 1. having the bad smell or taste of stale fats or oils; spoiled 2. repugnant rancidity [ran′sid′ə tē] n. rancidness rancidly adv …

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