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rankness
rank 1 R0040700 (răngk)n.1. a. A relative position in a society.b. An official position or grade: the rank of sergeant.c. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.d. High or eminent station or position: persons of rank.2. A row, line, series, or range.3. a. A line of soldiers, vehicles, or equipment standing side by side in close order.b. ranks The armed forces.c. ranks Personnel, especially enlisted military personnel.4. ranks A body of people classed together; numbers: joined the ranks of the unemployed.5. Games Any of the rows of squares running crosswise to the files on a playing board in chess or checkers.v. ranked, rank·ing, ranks v.tr.1. To place in a row or rows.2. To give a particular order or position to; classify.3. To outrank or take precedence over.v.intr.1. To hold a particular rank: ranked first in the class.2. To form or stand in a row or rows.3. Slang a. To complain.b. To engage in carping criticism. Often used with on: Stop ranking on me all the time.Idiom: pull rank To use one's superior rank to gain an advantage.
[Middle English, line, row, from Old French ranc, renc, of Germanic origin; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]
rank 2 R0040700 (răngk)adj. rank·er, rank·est 1. Growing profusely or with excessive vigor: rank vegetation.2. Yielding a profuse, often excessive crop; highly fertile: rank earth.3. Strong and offensive in odor or flavor: rank gym clothes.4. Absolute; complete: a rank amateur; rank treachery. See Synonyms at flagrant.
[Middle English ranc, from Old English, strong, overbearing; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
rank′ly adv.rank′ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | rankness - the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness"prolificacy, fertility, richnessfruitfulness, fecundity - the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth | | 2. |  rankness - the attribute of having a strong offensive smellfetidness, malodorousness, stinkiness, foulnessaroma, odor, olfactory property, odour, smell, scent - any property detected by the olfactory systemB.O., body odor, body odour - malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe |
ranknessnounThe quality or state of being flagrant:atrociousness, atrocity, egregiousness, enormity, flagrance, flagrancy, flagrantness, glaringness, grossness, outrageousness.Translationsrank2 (rӕŋk) adjective1. complete; absolute. rank stupidity; The race was won by a rank outsider. 十足的 十足的2. unpleasantly stale and strong. a rank smell of tobacco. (氣味)難聞的 （味道）令人讨厌的 ˈrankness noun 十足，難聞 十足，令人讨厌
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Related to rankness: broke ranksSynonyms for ranknessnoun the quality or state of being flagrantSynonyms- atrociousness
- atrocity
- egregiousness
- enormity
- flagrance
- flagrancy
- flagrantness
- glaringness
- grossness
- outrageousness
Synonyms for ranknessnoun the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growthSynonyms- prolificacy
- fertility
- richness
Related Wordsnoun the attribute of having a strong offensive smellSynonyms- fetidness
- malodorousness
- stinkiness
- foulness
Related Words- aroma
- odor
- olfactory property
- odour
- smell
- scent
- B.O.
- body odor
- body odour
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