Rankness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rankness is a noun meaning The quality of being rank, of having a repulsive or pungent odor.
Meaning
The quality of being rank, of having a repulsive or pungent odor.
More Meanings
- Exuberant or uncontrolled growth.
- (obsolete) Exuberance, excessiveness.
- (obsolete) Insolence.
Example Sentences
I will physic your rankness […]
Tam’d us to Manners, when the Stage was rude;
A match scratched and the sweet rankness of his corn-cob pipe drifted through the rooms.
First Gentleman. God save you, sir! where have you been broiling? Third Gentleman. Among the crowd i’ the Abbey; where a finger Could not be wedged in more: I am stifled With the mere rankness of their joy.
Word Forms
- ranknesses
Synonyms for rankness
Depending on context, synonyms include foulness, malodorousness, stinkiness, malodourousness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stinkiness, malodorousness, malodourousness, foulness, stinkingness, rankability.
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