RANCID Synonyms: 128 Similar and Opposite Words

rancid

adjective

ˈran(t)-səd

as in disgusting

causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment an unscrupulous food vendor who's as rancid as the meat that he serves

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Recent Examples of rancid Reports are already emerging from the South Texas Family Residential Center an hour south of San Antonio, which ICE uses to house children slated for removal from this country, of rancid food and overcrowded cells. —

Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026 Use food-safe mineral oil for this step, not vegetable or olive oil, which can turn rancid. —

Lizzy Briskin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Jan. 2026 Keeping natural light from the seeds protects the omega fatty acids and ensures the seeds won’t be rancid upon opening. —

Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026 Feuds fester until families are left rancid. —

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Adjective

This was in itself disgusting but also came to represent the city’s problems.

— Rachel Sugar, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2026
Living under an openly misogynistic president may have felt freakish in 2017, but by his second term, bigotry became yet another disgusting norm.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2026