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rancid

adjective

1 rancid

used of decomposing oils or fats Having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition.

Roget 401: fetid; strong-smelling; high, bad, strong, fulsome, offensive, noisome, rank, rancid, reasty, tainted, musty, fusty, ... show more

Roget 653: dirty, filthy, grimy; unclean, impure; soiled etc. v.; not to be handled with kid gloves; dusty, snuffy, smutty, sooty, ... show more

Polish: zjełczały, jełki

2 rancid

Smelling of fermentation or staleness.

synonym: sour.


Moby thesaurus: awful, bad, bad-smelling, barfy, blown, brackish, cloying, corrupt, decayed, disagreeable, fecal, fetid, foul, frowsty, frowy, frowzy, fulsome, funky, fusty, gamy ... show more.

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