rancor

[ rang-ker ]

/ ˈræŋ kər /

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noun

bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.

OTHER WORDS FOR rancor

bitterness, spite, venom, animosity.

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OPPOSITES FOR rancor

benevolence.

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Also especially British, ran·cour .

Origin of rancor

1175–1225; Middle English rancour, from Middle French, from Late Latin rancōr- (stem of rancor) “rancidity,” equivalent to Latin ranc(ēre) (see rancid) + -ōr--or¹

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See malevolence.

OTHER WORDS FROM rancor

rancored; especially British, rancoured, adjectiveun·ran·cored, adjective

Words nearby rancor

rancho, Rancho Cordova, Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Palos Verdes, rancid, rancor, rancorous, rancour, rand, R & A, Randall

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|Time
It 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 Post
Lost 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 Post
Others 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|Time

An unconventional President facing a restive public and a re-election campaign portended partisan rancor and possible electoral upheaval.
2020: Watch The Year in Review|Jeffrey Kluger|December 11, 2020|Time
Even those Christians who do want to minister amid the rancor of race and policing are missing the mark.
No Gods, No Cops, No Masters|James Poulos|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
The federal government, driven by ideological division and partisan rancor, will not heal itself any time soon.
How Cities Are Fixing America|Bruce Katz, Jennifer Bradley|June 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The rancor between our two professions is heightened by an obvious bias toward nurses in the media.
Nurse Practitioners Playing Doctor More Often|Daniela Drake|May 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
He wondered if so handsome a girl shared the common rancor of her age and sex against charming young widows.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
And 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 Wells
In 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 Holbach
It is not the sermon I mind, but all the dislike and jealousy and rancor it will cause.
My New Curate|P.A. Sheehan
Generosity was on his side alone, because he alone had a right to feel rancor.
My Recollections of Lord Byron|Teresa Guiccioli