rank-smelling

1. 1.

   having an offensive rancid odor

   Similarmalodorous

Questions about rank-smelling

What does rank-smelling mean?

rank-smelling means "having an offensive rancid odor".

How many syllables are in rank-smelling?

rank-smelling has 3 syllables and divides as rank--smel-ling under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is rank-smelling a common word?

rank-smelling is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.