What is another word for rancid?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈansɪd] (IPA)

Rancid is an unpleasant word that describes the taste or smell of food that has gone bad or spoiled. There are a few synonyms that can be used instead of rancid. The first is putrid, which describes the decaying smell of something. Another synonym is rotten, which means that something has gone bad beyond a point of use or consumption. The term foul can also be used to describe a bad taste or smell. Finally, the phrase off-putting can be used to indicate that something is unappealing or unsavory. All of these words can be used interchangeably with rancid to describe spoiled or off food.

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What are the hypernyms for Rancid?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for rancid?

Rancid is a word that refers to something that is spoiled, spoiled, or putrid. Its antonyms are words that describe something that is fresh, clean, and pure. Some antonyms for rancid include fresh, pure, clean, unspoiled, wholesome, and edible. These words are used to describe food, but they can also be applied to other things such as air, water, and the environment. The opposite of rancid is a desirable quality, and it is something that everyone wants to experience. Hence, it is essential to preserve the freshness of food and ensure that it does not become rancid or spoil.

Usage examples for Rancid

Milk was supposed to become sour and butter rancid because they are unstable organic compounds, liable to change in the presence of the oxygen of the air.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
I have had good success with rancid fish oil, mixed as thoroughly as possible with water and sprayed upon the plants.
"The Cauliflower"
A. A. Crozier
Eskimo taken to the World's Fair in Chicago were homesick for the smell of decaying blubber, rancid whale-meat, steaming bodies in the igloo, the rich perfume of the dogs, and all the other aromatic comforts of home.
"Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North"
Fullerton Waldo

Famous quotes with Rancid

  • Jesus! How much more of this cheap-jack bullshit can we be expected to take from that stupid little gunsel? Who gives a fuck if he's lonely and depressed down there in San Clemente? If there were any such thing as true justice in this world, his rancid carcass would be somewhere down around Easter Island right now, in the belly of a hammerhead shark.
    Hunter S. Thompson
  • As long as we continue to be imprisoned within the corrupt and rancid norms of the intellect, it will be more than impossible to experience that which is not of the mind, that which is not of time, that which is real.
    Samael Aun Weor
  • Lola's was not exactly a bar. It was a small beer-and-soda joint. There was a Coca-Cola box full of beer and soda and ice at the left of the door as you came in. A counter with tube-metal stools covered in yellow glazed leather ran down one side of the room as far as the jukebox. Tables were lined along the wall opposite the counter. The stools had long since lost the rubber caps for the legs and made horrible screeching noises when the maid pushed them around to sweep. There was a kitchen in back, where a slovenly cook fried everything in rancid fat. There was neither a past nor future in Lola's. The place was a waiting room, where certain people checked in a certain times.
    William S. Burroughs
  • I haven't decided if he deserved to eat bread made out of sticks or live in a rancid puddle, probably because I haven't made up my mind whether anyone deserves such treatment, though I suspect that the day a person gives up on the Geneva Conventions is the day a person gives up on the human race.
    Sarah Vowell
  • He is a critic of great gifts, insight and integrity; but those who are not entirely for him are wholly against him; he seeks not pupils but "disciples"; those disciples he has attracted who have not broken away have been, like the master, rancid and fanatic in manner.
    F. R. Leavis

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