Synonyms for rancor

Grammar : Noun

Spell : rang-ker

Phonetic Transcription : ˈræŋ kər

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Définition of rancor

Origin : c.1200, from Old French rancor "bitterness, resentment; grief, affliction," from Late Latin rancorem (nominative rancor) "rancidness, a stinking smell" (Palladius); "grudge, bitterness" (Hieronymus and in Late Latin), from Latin rancere "to stink" (see rancid).

noun bitterness, hatefulness

Example sentences :

It is not the sermon I mind, but all the dislike and jealousy and rancor it will cause.
Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan

But the mere name of Constance had acted as a spur to her rancor.
Extract from : « Marjorie Dean » by Pauline Lester

It dulled the edge of rancor brutally, as a rock dulls a razor.
Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 » by Various

There was no rancor or bitterness in the expression of these men.
Extract from : « The Surrender of Santiago » by Frank Norris

Let us be friends as we once were, and have no more of this rancor.
Extract from : « Roundabout Papers » by William Makepeace Thackeray

All cherished some rancor against him, some for his malice, others for his ugliness.
Extract from : « Notre-Dame de Paris » by Victor Hugo

This conviction, however, did not lessen the rancor and bitterness of her feelings.
Extract from : « Helen and Arthur » by Caroline Lee Hentz

In his new mood, that fact was enough to overcome all rancor against the lad.
Extract from : « Heart of the Blue Ridge » by Waldron Baily

And you will think of her still with neither wrath nor rancor?
Extract from : « Joshua, Complete » by Georg Ebers

"I do not see why there should be any rancor between us," I answered.
Extract from : « The Crossing » by Winston Churchill

Antonyms for rancor

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