rancor

rancor
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. spite, malice, bitterness, vengefulness, vindictiveness, malevolence, hatred. Ant., goodwill, love.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. malice, spite, hatred, malignity, enmity, ill will, malevolence, ill feeling, animosity, animus, hostility, bitterness, resentment, unfriendliness, antagonism, variance, antipathy, aversion, uncharitableness, vindictiveness, hardness of heart, acrimony, harshness, venom, mordacity, acerbity, ruthlessness, umbrage, pique, bile, spleen, virulence, spitefulness, vengeance, grudge, dudgeon, vengefulness, revengefulness, retaliation; see also hate .
Ant. friendship*, love, good will.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n.
[RANG kur]
long-lasting hatred and ill will.
The two parties were divided by rancor.
SYN.: hatred, ill will, malice, spite, bitterness, animosity, enmity, malevolence, resentment, vindictiveness.
ANT.: goodwill, friendliness, affection, love
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of feeling bitter: acrimony, bitterness, embitterment, gall1, rancorousness, resentfulness, resentment, virulence, virulency. See FEELINGS.

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  • rancor — [raŋ′kər] n. [ME rancour < OFr rancor < LL, rankness, in LL(Ec), rancor < L rancere, to be rank] a continuing and bitter hate or ill will; deep spite or malice: Brit. sp. Brit. rancour rancorous adj. rancorously adv …   English World dictionary

  • rancor — (n.) early 13c., from O.Fr. rancor, from L. rancorem rancidness, grudge, bitterness, from L. rancere to stink (see RANCID (Cf. rancid)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • rancor — (Del lat. rancor, ōris). m. desus. Odio, rencor …   Diccionario de la lengua española

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  • rancor — |ô| s. m. 1. Ódio secreto e profundo. 2. Grande aversão. • Plural: rancores …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • rancor — antagonism, animosity, animus, antipathy, *enmity, hostility Analogous words: hate, hatred, detestation, abhorrence, abomination (see under HATE vb): spite, *malice, malevolence, malignity, malignancy, spleen, grudge …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • Rancor — Infobox StarWarsSpecies | name =Rancor sample homeworld = Felucia language = height = 5 10 meters skincolor = grey, dark green distinctions = weapon = jaws, claws races = rancor, siebonal famousmembers = The rancor is a 5 meter (16.4 foot) tall… …   Wikipedia

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