rancour


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ran·cour

 (răng′kər)
n. Chiefly British
Variant of rancor.
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rancour

(ˈræŋkə) or

rancor

n
malicious resentfulness or hostility; spite
[C14: from Old French, from Late Latin rancor rankness]
ˈrancorous adj
ˈrancorously adv
ˈrancorousness n
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.rancour - a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-willrancour - a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
bitterness, rancor, resentment, gall
ill will, enmity, hostility - the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"
heartburning - intense resentment; "his promotion caused much heartburning among his rivals"
huffishness, sulkiness - a feeling of sulky resentment
grievance, grudge, score - a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score"
enviousness, envy - a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
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rancour

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rancour

rancor (US) [ˈræŋkəʳ] N → rencor m
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rancour

[ˈræŋkər] (British) rancor (US) n → rancune f, rancœur f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

rancour

, (US) rancor
n (of tone) → Bitterkeit f, → Verbitterung f; (of attack) → Boshaftigkeit f
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rancour

rancor (Am) [ˈræŋkəʳ] n (frm) → rancore m
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"Sir," said he, "you do ill to nurse this rancour; the people perish fighting round this our town; you would yourself chide one whom you saw shirking his part in the combat.
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