- 1having a strong unpleasant smell The house was full of the rank smell of urine.
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- 2[only before noun] used to emphasize a particular quality, state, etc. an example of rank stupidity The winning horse was a rank outsider.
- 3(of plants, etc.) growing too thickly an area overgrown with rank grass and nettles
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