rankness

noun

Definition of ranknessnext
as in foulness

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  1. stench
  2. stink
  3. reek
  4. funk
Noun
  • The rule of law The Takei family spent the first night after their arrest squeezed into a horse stall at a local racetrack, with flies buzzing overhead, overwhelmed by the stench of horse manure.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
  • More to Read Bird flu virus found in Los Angeles County wastewater Nov. 1, 2024 What’s causing the L.A. coastal stench?
    Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of stench
Noun
  • From electric blue waves to eye-watering stink Oct. 30, 2024 Why are dead oarfish washing ashore?
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Wearing none of the stink of Unfrosted, which somehow got an Outstanding Television Movie nomination!
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 17 July 2024
Definition of stink
Noun
  • Black hocks from a buck that has rutted for weeks reek the best.
    Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Smullen’s inclinations here reek of resentment rather than a healthier competitiveness that would drive him to bring a solid case against his main suspect.
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of reek
Noun
  • James Brown was the inventor of funk, and the form’s two mythical inheritor-innovators were Sly Stone and George Clinton.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The film is the untold story of influential pioneer of funk and his tumultuous journey to founding musical collective Parliament-Funkadelic.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of funk
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