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RANKNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rankness mean?
• RANKNESS (noun)
The noun RANKNESS has 2 senses:
1. the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
2. the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
Familiarity information: RANKNESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
fertility; prolificacy; rankness; richness
Context example:
weeds lovely in their rankness
Hypernyms ("rankness" is a kind of...):
fecundity; fruitfulness (the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth)
Derivation:
rank (growing profusely)
rank (very fertile; producing profuse growth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The attribute of having a strong offensive smell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
fetidness; foulness; malodorousness; rankness; stinkiness
Hypernyms ("rankness" is a kind of...):
aroma; odor; odour; olfactory property; scent; smell (any property detected by the olfactory system)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rankness"):
B.O.; body odor; body odour (malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe)
Derivation:
rank (very offensive in smell or taste)
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