rancid
adjective
Origin of rancid
Related Words for rancid
disagreeable, putrid, tainted, musty, smelly, moldy, stale, fetid, soured, polluted, contaminated, bad, disgusting, foul, frowzy, gamy, high, impure, loathsome, malodorousExamples from the Web for rancid
Contemporary Examples of rancid
You know the cartoon segment that used to be in colour in rancid old newspapers?
The Rancid Ballad of Johnny Rotten: His Memoir Seethes With Anger—And CharmLegs McNeil
November 20, 2014
The workers had to use oxygen tanks to combat the rancid smell of death in temperatures that topped 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
No, this rancid bill of goods is also being by peddled by Fox News personalities.
I will be happy if events prove me too pessimistic, but the political atmosphere in Washington is rancid.
Historical Examples of rancid
The rancid smell of bedding struck his sensitive nostrils from within.
In Happy ValleyJohn Fox
The smell of hot, rancid grease struck him like a solid wall.
The Coffin CureAlan Edward Nourse
It smelled as if it had been boiling three weeks in a rancid pot.
The Coffin CureAlan Edward Nourse
A pity that he goes about so unclean, smelling of rancid sanctity!
Luna BenamorVicente Blasco Ibez
It proved to be dried beans and corn cooked with rancid tallow!