rankness

Plural: ranknesses

Noun

• The quality or state of being rank, such as offensive odor.
• the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
  • "weeds lovely in their rankness"
• the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
• The quality of being rank, of having a repulsive or pungent odor.
• Exuberant or uncontrolled growth.
• Exuberance, excessiveness.
• Insolence.

Examples

• The rankness of his tile draws left him with few playable words.

Synonyms

fertility, fetidness, foulness, malodorousness, prolificacy, richness, stinkiness

Related Words

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