What (who) is rancour - definition
rancour
Note: in AM, use 'rancor'
Rancour is a feeling of bitterness and anger. (FORMAL)
'That's too bad,' Teddy said without rancour.
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rancour
see rancor
rancour
(US rancor)
¦ noun bitterness; resentment.
Derivatives
rancorous adjective
rancorously adverb
Origin
ME: via OFr. from late L. rancor 'rankness' (in the Vulgate 'bitter grudge'), related to L. rancidus 'stinking'.
Examples of use of rancour
1. One said: "There has been tremendously little rancour.
2. Yet the rancour and recriminations are still there, sure enough.
3. It has no leadership crisis, no self–destructive rancour.
4. Perhaps it is his wounded, confrontational air which invites rancour.
5. It cannot be denied that all the old rancour and hatred lingers among the chattering classes.