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Princeton's WordNet

  1. resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancournoun

    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

Wiktionary

  1. rancornoun

    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.

Wikipedia

  1. rancor

    This is a list of creatures in the fictional universe of Star Wars, a space opera media franchise. The types of creatures in this list are listed by category and then in alphabetical order.

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  1. rancor

    Rancor is a deep-seated resentment, bitterness, or ill-will towards someone or something, often resulting from past insults or injuries. It refers to a long-standing feeling of hostility or animosity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rancornoun

    the deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rancor in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rancor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of rancor in a Sentence

  1. Charles de LEUSSE:

    The dragon spits fire, what extinguishes its tears. When we live in rancor, we are born to be old. (Le dragon crache du feu, - Ce qui éteint ses larmes. - Quand on vit de rancune, - On naît pour être vieux.)

  2. Rodrigo Londono:

    It is not fair to conclude with so much ease that accords reached without your presence constitute a betrayal of the country, nor should you continue to stoke rancor and revenge in the minds of a large portion of Colombians.

  3. Jon Ronson:

    So You've Been Publicly Shamed, i'm sure she has her fair share of trauma and anxiety and so on, but she never lets it get to her. She always just keeps going. And there's no rancor.

  4. Tony Evers:

    This is rancor and politics as usual, it flies in the face of democratic institutions and the checks and balances that are intended to prevent power-hungry politicians from clinging to control when they do not get their way.

  5. Anis Othman:

    Balls of fire are falling over our heads amid the screams of children and women, why all that shelling? There are no weapons or fighters here. They (the rebels) want to terrorize us and drive us out. This is only rancor and hate.

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