rancour

/ ˈræŋkə /

noun

1. malicious resentfulness or hostility; spite

Derived Forms

• ˈrancorously, adverb
• ˈrancorousness, noun
• ˈrancorous, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rancour¹

C14: from Old French, from Late Latin rancor rankness

Example Sentences

She ought to find me supremely foolish, and her silence was not even that of rancour; it was contempt.

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The tiger, on the contrary, though glutted with carnage, has still an insatiate thirst for blood; his rancour has no intervals.

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She was in that state that she could not have endured sharpness or rancour.

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If there have been conflicts, they have left no rancour, no bitterness.

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Bitterness invaded him; rancour, anger, scorn, and desires accumulated in his mind—as with lovers.

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