Antonyms for rancor
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : rang-ker |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræŋ kər |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for rancor
- acerbity
- acrimony
- animosity
- animus
- antagonism
- antipathy
- aversion
- bad blood
- bile
- dudgeon
- enmity
- grudge
- hardness of heart
- harshness
- hate
- hatred
- hostility
- ill feeling
- ill will
- malevolence
- malice
- malignity
- mordacity
- pique
- resentfulness
- resentment
- retaliation
- revengefulness
- ruthlessness
- spite
- spitefulness
- spleen
- umbrage
- uncharitableness
- unfriendliness
- variance
- vengeance
- vengefulness
- venom
- vindictiveness
- virulence
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