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Definition of rankness :
The condition or quality of being rank.
Synonyms:
nastiness, birth rate, profusion, filthiness, fullness, flagrancy, atrociousness, malodorousness, flagrantness, affluence, outrageousness, cornucopia, filth, flagrance, fertility, glaringness, fertility rate, prolificacy, egregiousness, birthrate, raininess, fecundity, stinkiness, grandness, good, mellowness, natality, impressiveness, enormity, magnificence, malodourousness, fetidness, richness, atrocity, foulness, profuseness
vulgarity (part of speech: noun)
depravity, colloquialism, brutishness, rudeness, coarseness, gracelessness, brazenness, gaudiness, offensiveness, profanity, lowness, saltiness, earthiness, vernacular, garishness, grossness, boorishness, baseness, commonness, repulsiveness, roughness, crassness, outlandishness, tawdriness, ignominy, vulgarity, shamelessness, sleaze, tactlessness, clumsiness, indelicacy, tastelessness, rawness, inelegance, barbarism, broadness, crudeness, animality
Usage examples:
- This will take away all the rankness and slimyness of them. - "The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened", Kenelm Digby.
- If in peaceful country thou can’ st not trust, How wilt thou do in the rankness of Jordan? - "Jeremiah", George Adam Smith.
- I smelled the rankness of his rags as he thrust one grimy paw at the girl. - "The Door Through Space", Marion Zimmer Bradley.