Definitions for rancid

rancid ran·cid

Spelling: [ran-sid]
IPA: /ˈræn sɪd/

Rancid is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 136 anagrams from letters in rancid (acdinr).

Definitions for rancid

adjective

  1. having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
  2. (of an odor or taste) rank, unpleasant, and stale:
  3. offensive or nasty; disagreeable.

Origin of rancid

1640-50; Latin rancidus rank, stinking, equivalent to ranc(ēre) to be rotten + -idus -id4

Examples for rancid

A pity that he goes about so unclean, smelling of rancid sanctity!

There were chuckles from the shadows that sucked in and exhaled the rancid air.

It smelled as if it had been boiling three weeks in a rancid pot.

You know the cartoon segment that used to be in colour in rancid old newspapers?

I will be happy if events prove me too pessimistic, but the political atmosphere in Washington is rancid.

No, this rancid bill of goods is also being by peddled by Fox News personalities.

The workers had to use oxygen tanks to combat the rancid smell of death in temperatures that topped 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

It proved to be dried beans and corn cooked with rancid tallow!

The rancid smell of bedding struck his sensitive nostrils from within.

The smell of hot, rancid grease struck him like a solid wall.

Word Value for rancid
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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