Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will. See Synonyms at enmity.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Sourness; bitterness.
- n. Rankling malice or spitefulness; bitter animosity; in general, a soured or cankered disposition, inciting to vindictive action or speech; a nourished hatred or grudge.
- n. Synonyms Asperity, Harshness, etc. (see acrimony), Illwill, Enmity, etc. (see animosity), gall, spleen, spite, spitefulness, rankling, hate, hatred, malevolence, bad blood.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
Etymologies
- Early 13th century, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancor ("rancidity, grudge, rancor"), from ranceō ("be rotten or putrid, stink"), from which also English rancid. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin, rancid smell, from Latin rancēre, to stink, be rotten. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I don't understand what's happened to people, and knowing full well that this climate of political rancor is nothing new in our young democracy does nothing to assuage the absolute screaming terror that what we see in the now is only a preview of what my kids will face in the future.”
“One of the prominent examples of success leading to rancor is Jules Olitski, whom the critic Clement Greenberg called "the best painter living" back in the early 1980s.”
The Huffington Post: Daniel Grant: There's a Lot of Backbiting Among Artists
“All of the rancor is driving a stake deep into hopes of any progress on any of those fronts.”
“I can't help but wonder if this wouldn't have happened if not for all the rancor from the Lamont challenge in 2006.”
“What’s getting lost in the rancor is that we are Americans (apologies to the non-American posters here).”
Think Progress » Obama bumper sticker fuels violent political road rage in Tennessee.
“But there is a longer term factor, a creepy bipartisanship in an era characterized by partisan rancor, that is conspiring to keep this most important of issues off the campaign trail.”
“Partisan rancor occurs when the leadership of one party or both chooses to emphasize a legislative agenda upon which there can be no compromise at the expense of bringing to the floor more agreeable initiatives.”
“Jefferson is calling the rancor, and I'm quoting now, "politics as usual.”
“The Americans were accused of poor sportsmanship, an episode that recalled the rancor at the Ryder Cup a year ago when a celebrating U.S. team surged onto the green.”
“The announcement was greeted with a mixture of praise, skepticism and rancor, which is familiar territory for Venter.”
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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aberration, abstruse, anomaly, assiduous, august, banal, boisterous, dulcet, epitome, impudent, insolent, mellifluous and 401 more...
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aberration, abstruse, anomaly, assiduous, august, banal, boisterous, dulcet, epitome, impudent, insolent, mellifluous and 401 more...
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irk, teem, blight, pith, moot, mete, ire, bane, bilk, boor, elan, ado and 401 more...
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bane, bilk, boor, elan, ado, toil, onus, aberration, abstruse, anomaly, assiduous, august and 401 more...
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discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 2046 more...
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GRE
predilection, explicit, appeal, supplication, appealing, enchanting, ovation, pertinent, apropos, opportunely, applicable, germane and 381 more...
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cicatrix
scar tissue
minatory, naira, Cluniac, embracive, prolix, hierophant, timorous, adduce, veracious, dysphoric, sang-froid, vitiate and 503 more...
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Do More Than Hate
A list of words for describing dislike, reproval or criticism.
belabor, malevolent, reprobate, ire, anger, rage, fury, choler, indignance, grame, scorn, geck and 23 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6689 more...
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gre2
aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1824 more...
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Personal Vocabulary List
All my favourite words that I come across!
veritable, incongruence, rigamorole, letcherous, revolting, repulsive, reputrid, rapatious, forays, guise, placate, paradigm and 1162 more...
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my GRE words
pedant, wizened, histrionic, logorrhea, frenetic, approbation, quibble, knell, acclivity, droog, prevarication, aplomb and 182 more...
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Vocabulary
Words I come across while reading.
talus, echelon, onanistic, cabochon, avocation, charnel, moue, portentous, prolixity, astringent, hoary, patina and 165 more...
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SAT Vocab
Redundant.
problematic, proclivity, prodigal, prodigious, prodigy, profane, profligate, profound, profusion, proliferation, prolific, prologue and 455 more...
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Eazy E
motley, callous, languid, copious, dubious, contemptible, disparage, sporadic, gratuitous, disillusioned, conflagration, concordance and 99 more...
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