rank
Having a very strong, bad taste or odorHaving a very strong, bad taste or odor.
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» He ranked close to the top.
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9 sensesHaving a very strong, bad taste or odor.
Your gym clothes are rank, bro – when'd you last wash 'em?
stinkend
воню́чийvonjúčij, прого́рклыйprogórklyj
(emphatic, intensifier, negative)Complete, unmitigated, utter.
rank treason
rank nonsense
Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.
(obsolete)Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.
rank grass
rank weeds
Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.
(obsolete)Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile.
rank land
very fertile; producing profuse growth
(obsolete)Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric.
Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.
(obsolete)Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.
very offensive in smell or taste
Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.
(informal, obsolete)Gross, disgusting, foul.
ekelhaft
отврати́тельныйotvratítelʹnyj, ме́рзкийmérzkij, омерзи́тельныйomerzítelʹnyj
Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.
(obsolete)Headstrong; difficult to control.
(obsolete)Lustful; lascivious
Examples
148 sentencesHe ranked close to the top.
He holds the rank of colonel.
deEr hat den Rang eines Oberst. — tatomeimei
Tom holds the rank of captain.
Tom achieved the rank of major.
He is immediately above me in rank.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English rank (“strong, proud”), from Old English ranc (“proud, haughty, arrogaFrom Middle English rank (“strong, proud”), from Old English ranc (“proud, haughty, arrogant, insolent, forward, overbearing, showy, ostentatious, splendid, bold, valiant, noble, brave, strong, full-grown, mature”), from Proto-West Germanic *rank, from Proto-Germanic *rankaz (“straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“straight, direct”). Cognate with Dutch rank (“slender, slim”), Low German rank (“slender, projecting, lank”), Danish rank (“straight, erect, slender”), Swedish rank (“slender, shaky, wonky”), Icelandic rakkur (“straight, slender, bold, valiant”).
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Forms
ranker/more rank, rankest/most rankSynonyms
16 synonyms- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers:absolutedownrightout-and-outright-downsheer
- conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible:cryingegregiousflagrantglaringgross
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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