[ noun ] a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will <noun.feeling>
Rancor \Ran"cor\ (r[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), n. [Written also {rancour}.] [OE. rancour, OF. rancor, rancur, F. rancune, fr. L. rancor rancidity, rankness; tropically, an old grudge, rancor, fr. rancere to be rank or rancid.] The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred. ``To stint rancour and dissencioun.'' --Chaucer.
It would not be easy to conceive the passion, rancor, and malice of their tongues and hearts. --Burke.
Usage: {Rancor}, {Enmity}. Enmity and rancor both describe hostile feelings; but enmity may be generous and open, while rancor implies personal malice of the worst and most enduring nature, and is the strongest word in our language to express hostile feelings.
Rancor will out; proud prelate, in thy face I see thy fury. --Shak.
Rancor is that degree of malice which preys upon the possessor. --Cogan.
Scattered pockets of that rancor remain.
He will haunt the Republican Party and the country for a while to come. Black counterparts such as Al Sharpton and Leonard Jeffries match David Duke in promoting racial rancor.
But no, I think we got what we sought, and there was no rancor on that question _ and no division on the question.
Look, I think he, without rancor, without a lot of rhetoric, made a very broad proposal.
The level of rancor that Singapore is displaying toward its No. 1 trading partner and most powerful friend baffles many diplomats and analysts.
ICL's relationship with Fujitsu has been the subject of some rancor from European competitors, who have criticized the British firm as a sell-out to, and future vehicle of, a Japanese predator.
Henkel said he still sees vestiges of the rancor that surrounded the project.
Yet, amid the growing rancor, some common concerns about U.S.-Japan relations have emerged.
Foreign Minister Pik Botha of South Africa held talks with Angolan officials Thursday, officially ending 15 years of rancor between their countries.
Over a period of time, some of the rancor and anger will be forgotten.
But there is too much work ahead for all the members to allow rancor and back-biting to dominate this session.
We're disgusted by it." Foley, trying to end the political rancor in the House, was intent on maintaining a conciliatory tone toward the Republicans and declined to discuss the memo.