Rank - conspicuously and outrageously negative or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human legal rights"; "a obvious error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery" rank - finish and without having restriction or qualification; sometimes made use of informally as intensifiers; "complete freedom"; "an complete dimwit"; https://rsac.org