(rankness)
1Rankness — Rank ness, n. [AS. rancness pride.] The condition or quality of being rank. [1913 Webster] …
2rankness — Ⅰ. rank [1] ► NOUN 1) a position within a fixed hierarchy, especially that of the armed forces. 2) high social standing. 3) a single line of soldiers or police officers drawn up abreast. 4) (the ranks) (in the armed forces) those who are not… …
3rankness — noun 1. the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth he praised the richness of the soil weeds lovely in their rankness • Syn: ↑richness, ↑prolificacy, ↑fertility • Derivationally related forms: ↑fert …
4rankness — noun see rank I …
5rankness — See rankly. * * * …
6rankness — noun The property of being rank, of having a repulsive odor, of being stinky, foul or malodorous …
7rankness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being flagrant: atro ciousness, atrocity, egregiousness, enormity, flagrance, flagrancy, flagrantness, glaringness, grossness, outrageousness. See GOOD …
8rankness — ræŋknɪs n. disgustingness, offensiveness; fruitfulness, fertileness, quality of growing vigorously …
9rankness — n. 1. Luxuriance, excess, extravagance. 2. Rancidness, rancidity, strong smell …
10rankness — rank·ness …
