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rancor
[ rang-ker ]
noun
- bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
Synonyms: bitterness, animosity, venom, spite
Antonyms: benevolence
Other Words From
- rancored especially British, rancoured adjective
- un·rancored adjective
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
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.
The 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.
He wondered if so handsome a girl shared the common rancor of her age and sex against charming young widows.
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 a word, devotion is only calculated to fill the heart with a bitter rancor, that banishes peace and harmony from society.
It is not the sermon I mind, but all the dislike and jealousy and rancor it will cause.
Generosity was on his side alone, because he alone had a right to feel rancor.
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