rancor
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
Origin of rancor
1- Also especially British, ran·cour .
synonym study For rancor
Other words for rancor
Opposites for rancor
Other words from rancor
- rancored; especially British, rancoured, adjective
- un·ran·cored, adjective
Words Nearby rancor
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How to use rancor in a sentence
Washington has hardly missed the rancor and disingenuous narratives about the 2012 terrorist attack on American outposts in Libya and the 10 separate investigations into it.
By Making the Jan. 6 Probe Political, Republicans Stand to Re-Run Benghazi Playbook | Philip Elliott | July 14, 2021 | TimeIt was a partisan close to a term in which the justices had successfully decided many controversial cases without rancor.
Supreme Court upholds Arizona voting laws that lower court found were unfair to minorities | Robert Barnes | July 1, 2021 | Washington PostLost in the rancor is the simple fact that Sugimoto’s design would make substantial improvements to the garden, which wants care and renovation.
How a rock wall and pool of water have thrown a wrench into the redesign of Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden | Philip Kennicott | April 16, 2021 | Washington PostOthers like Comcast and Marriott also decided to hit pause on their giving while they assess if funding the rancor in Washington is good for their brand.
Mitch McConnell Tries to Have it Both Ways on Corporate Cash | Philip Elliott | April 7, 2021 | TimeAn unconventional President facing a restive public and a re-election campaign portended partisan rancor and possible electoral upheaval.
Even those Christians who do want to minister amid the rancor of race and policing are missing the mark.
The rancor between de Blasio and Moskowitz has at least some roots in substantive education policy disagreements.
Why Is Progressive Hero Bill de Blasio Throwing Charter Schools Out of New York City? | Conor P. Williams | March 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe federal government, driven by ideological division and partisan rancor, will not heal itself any time soon.
The rancor between our two professions is heightened by an obvious bias toward nurses in the media.
And when Ted Jr. trains his rancor onto Daniel, the results are startling.
Sundance Channel’s ‘Rectify’ Is the Best New Show of 2013 | Jace Lacob | April 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe wondered if so handsome a girl shared the common rancor of her age and sex against charming young widows.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonAnd he spoke sincerely, for he began to see that he would learn little from the display of rancor and temper that moved them all.
In the Onyx Lobby | Carolyn WellsIn a word, devotion is only calculated to fill the heart with a bitter rancor, that banishes peace and harmony from society.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry HolbachIt is not the sermon I mind, but all the dislike and jealousy and rancor it will cause.
My New Curate | P.A. SheehanGenerosity was on his side alone, because he alone had a right to feel rancor.
My Recollections of Lord Byron | Teresa Guiccioli
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