rancid
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
(used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition
rancid butter
Related & opposite
- rancidness derivation
- stale similar to
Sense 2 adjective
smelling of fermentation or staleness
Related & opposite
- rancidness derivation
- acidity derivation
- rancidity derivation
- malodorous similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rancidness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | stale |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rancidness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | acidity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rancidity |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | malodorous |