rancor
[rang-ker]
noun
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
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RELATED WORDS
harshness, grudge, antagonism, acrimony, hostility, malice, resentment, enmity, venom, animus, animosity, hatred, mordacity, vengefulness, umbrage, pique, dudgeon, hate, spite, malevolence
Nearby words
- rancho cordova,
- rancho cucamonga,
- rancho palos verdes,
- rancid,
- rancidly,
- rancorous,
- rancorously,
- rancour,
- rand,
- rand, ayn
Also especially British, ran·cour.
Origin of rancor
SYNONYMS FOR rancor
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rancor
c.1200, from Old French rancor "bitterness, resentment; grief, affliction," from Late Latin rancorem (nominative rancor) "rancidness, a stinking smell" (Palladius); "grudge, bitterness" (Hieronymus and in Late Latin), from Latin rancere "to stink" (see rancid).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper