Rank - conspicuously and outrageously undesirable or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human legal rights"; "a obvious mistake"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery" rank - entire and without restriction or qualification; at times employed informally as intensifiers; "complete independence"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright https://rsac.org