rancor

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Just like the rancor, the dragon turtle chomps down on her staff, snapping it like a twig.

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  1. noun Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will. See Synonyms at enmity.

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  • What had happened to her hadn't quite been worth that kind of long-term rancor. —  Chapter1
  • Anna brought it to the fore without rancor, a puzzle only, valuable as entertainment around a single candle Joan always burned, her own private "campfire." —  Blood Lure
  • Only on Shraimand and Vidamand was there real dissatisfaction--and here of course dissatisfaction was a mild word for the sullen rancor, the pain and grief Of the infant societies which in due course would expand across the vacated lands, little was known and Beran found it hard to distinguish between speculation and fact A person born to the Paonese tradition inherited insensitivity toward human suffering--not so much callousness as an intuition of fate. —  Languages of Pao The
  • Just like the rancor, the dragon turtle chomps down on her staff, snapping it like a twig. —  Branded in the 80s!
  • Geoff Freeman, U.S. Travel Association senior vice president, said factors that include the recession, a spurt of public anger over extravagant business travel and politicians who lashed out at the travel industry resulted in $2 billion worth of events and meetings being canceled when the rancor was at its peak early this year. —  daytondailynews.com - News
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin, rancid smell, from Latin rancēre, to stink, be rotten.
 

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/ˈrængkər/
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