Rancor

Noun

 * 1) The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.
 * I could almost see the rancor in his eyes when he challenged me to a fight.

Derived terms

 * rancorous
 * rancorously

Related terms

 * rancid

Adjectives for Rancor
unmitigated; violent; unrelenting; smothered.

Verbs for Rancor
arouse—; betray—; burst with—; defy— harbor—; inflict—; protest—; repress— unloose—; wreak—upon; —abuses; —blasts —embitters ; —irritates; —pierces; —shakes; —snarls; —sours; —stabs.

Thesaurus
acerbity, acid, acidity, acidulousness, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, asperity, bad blood, bad feeling, bile, bitter feeling, bitter resentment, bitterness, bitterness of spirit, causticity, choler, enmity, feud, gall, gnashing of teeth, grudgefulness, hard feelings, hate, hatred, heartburning, hostility, ill blood, ill feeling, ill will, implacability, implacableness, irreconcilableness, malevolence, malice, malignity, rankling, resentfulness, resentment, revengefulness, slow burn, soreness, sourness, spite, spleen, unappeasableness, vendetta, vengefulness, venom, venomousness, vindictiveness, virulence, vitriol

Alternative forms

 * rancour

Etymology
Early 13th century, from rancor:, from  rancor:, from ranceo:, from which also  rancid:.

Translations

 * Armenian:
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 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:


 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Russian: затаённая ненависть
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) rancidity, stench, rankness
 * 2) grudge, rancor

Etymology
From ranceo:

Noun

 * 1) grudge (deep seated animosity)