Rancor Definition

răngkər
noun
A continuing and bitter hate or ill will; deep spite or malice.
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Origin of Rancor

  • Early 13th century, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor"), from ranceō (“be rotten or putrid, stink"), from which also English rancid.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Late Latin rancid smell from Latin rancēre to stink, be rotten

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Rancor Sentence Examples

  • He almost winced at the rancor in her tone.

  • Over the course of the series, whatever rancor they may have felt slowly gives way to respect and new-found admiration and the pair eventually married.

  • We tackle our work; professionally and without rancor to one another in spite of a pall of indecision that oft times seeps in like a chill from a leaky window frame.

  • She returned his scowl with a little rancor.

  • Heat and exhaustion might have explained the instant fury that welled up in her throat and filled her voice with rancor.

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