rankest

Most extremely offensive

Rankest is the superlative of rank in its adjective senses.

Something rank is offensively strong in smell or taste—rank cheese, rank body odor.

Rank also means extreme or flagrant: rank incompetence, rank hypocrisy.

The rankest example is the most egregious or foulest of all: That was the rankest display of cowardice I've ever witnessed.

foulest

stench

Powerfully offensive odor

nauseating · revolting · disgusting · repugnant · vile · noxious · offensive · repulsive · loathsome · abhorrent

mostovergrown

lush

Richly abundant in growth

jungle-like · tangled · profuse · luxuriant · rampant · wild · weedy · untamed · sprawling · choked

mostextreme

utmost

Highest possible degree

complete · total · outright · downright · thoroughgoing · unmitigated · arrant · egregious · flagrant · blatant

Opposites
odor intensity and pleasantness

rankestfreshest

Least spoiled or worn

mildest · cleanest · purest · slightest · subtlest

vegetation growth

rankestsparsest

Least densely distributed

barest · thinnest · scantiest

Phrases
Family

ranked, unranked, ranker, outranked

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