[ 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.
However, only 26 per cent thought much would change if the Republicans took control of Congress. There was good and bad news for both parties engaged in a campaign so far permeated by rancour and sleaze.
The rancour among institutional investors showed, although the report suggests this may have actually deterred some sales.
We must know how to begin a new relationship, without preconceptions and without rancour.