rancorous

rancorous
Synonyms and related words:
acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, antagonistic, antipathetic, avenging, belligerent, bitter, burning, caustic, choleric, clashing, colliding, conflicting, despiteful, embittered, envenomed, evil, full of hate, grudgeful, hateful, hostile, implacable, irreconcilable, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, punitive, punitory, quarrelsome, rankled, repugnant, resentful, resenting, retaliatory, revanchist, revengeful, set against, sore, spiteful, splenetic, stewing, unappeasable, venenate, vengeful, venomous, vicious, vindicatory, vindictive, virulent, vitriolic, wicked

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  • Rancorous — Ran cor*ous (r[a^][ng] k[ e]r*[u^]s), a. [OF. rancuros.] Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent. [1913 Webster] So flamed his eyes with rage and rancorous ire.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rancorous — index bitter (reproachful), caustic, harsh, hostile, invidious, malevolent, malignant, mordacious …   Law dictionary

  • rancorous — (adj.) 1580s, from RANCOR (Cf. rancor) + OUS (Cf. ous). Related: Rancorously; rancorousness …   Etymology dictionary

  • rancorous — [[t]ræ̱ŋkərəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED A rancorous argument or person is full of bitterness and anger. [FORMAL] The deal ended after a series of rancorous disputes. Syn: bitter, acrimonious …   English dictionary

  • rancorous — adjective Date: circa 1570 marked by rancor ; deeply malevolent < rancorous envy > • rancorously adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • rancorous — adjective /ɹæŋ.kə(ɹ).əs/ Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving. rancorous speech Syn: malicious, resentful, venomous …   Wiktionary

  • rancorous — adjective California s rancorous recall campaign Syn: bitter, spiteful, hateful, resentful, acrimonious, malicious, malevolent, hostile, venomous, vindictive, baleful, vitriolic, vengeful, pernicious, mean, nasty; informal bitchy, catty …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • rancorous — rancour (US rancor) ► NOUN ▪ bitterness; resentment. DERIVATIVES rancorous adjective. ORIGIN Latin rancor rankness , later bitter grudge …   English terms dictionary

  • rancorous — rancorously, adv. rancorousness, n. /rang keuhr euhs/, adj. full of or showing rancor. [1580 90; RANCOR + OUS] * * * …   Universalium

  • rancorous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Bitingly hostile: acrimonious, bitter, embittered, hard, resentful, virulent. See ATTITUDE, LOVE …   English dictionary for students

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