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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. Andy Cohen:

    So, but it was a bit, kind of intimidating when I sat down with them because they were so not used to this, and I think that Kris very consciously didn't want it to have the rancor that some' Housewives' reunions have, or the, you know, level of acrimony.

  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. 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.

  5. Antonin Scalia:

    They are not getting along very well these days among themselves. It's a period of real partisan rancor, i don't want it to spill over and affect us.

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