Rancour
noun
A feeling of bitter and deep-seated resentment or ill will.
He felt rancour towards his brother for his constant teasing.
Often appears as...
- feel rancour
- deep-seated rancour
noun
A strong, continued feeling of hostility or hatred towards someone or something.
His rancour for his boss was obvious to everyone in the office.
Often appears as...
- obvious rancour
- unhidden rancour
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Formal
noun
A feeling of bitter and deep-seated resentment or ill will.
He felt rancour towards his brother for his constant teasing.
Often appears as...
- feel rancour
- deep-seated rancour
noun
A strong, continued feeling of hostility or hatred towards someone or something.
His rancour for his boss was obvious to everyone in the office.
Often appears as...
- obvious rancour
- unhidden rancour
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Deep Hurt
Rancour often implies deep emotional pain that's held onto for a long time.
He harbored rancour after the betrayal, struggling to forgive.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Quick Anger
Rancour is not a brief or passing annoyance but a lasting bitterness.
Despite the apology, rancour lingered in her heart.
Pro Tip 3/3Internal Feeling
Rancour is felt internally and may not always be shown openly.
He masked his rancour with a polite smile.
Pro Tip 1/3Deep Hurt
Rancour often implies deep emotional pain that's held onto for a long time.
He harbored rancour after the betrayal, struggling to forgive.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Quick Anger
Rancour is not a brief or passing annoyance but a lasting bitterness.
Despite the apology, rancour lingered in her heart.
Pro Tip 3/3Internal Feeling
Rancour is felt internally and may not always be shown openly.
He masked his rancour with a polite smile.
Pro Tip 1/3Deep Hurt
Rancour often implies deep emotional pain that's held onto for a long time.
He harbored rancour after the betrayal, struggling to forgive.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Quick Anger
Rancour is not a brief or passing annoyance but a lasting bitterness.
Despite the apology, rancour lingered in her heart.
Pro Tip 3/3Internal Feeling
Rancour is felt internally and may not always be shown openly.
He masked his rancour with a polite smile.
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where they could hear each other's viewpoints, free from the possibility of sanction. After the meeting, the ideological disagreements between the groups remained as stark as ever, but the rancor between them significantly dissipated. Now, obviously, this doesn't always happen.
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where they could hear each other's viewpoints, free from the possibility of sanction. After the meeting, the ideological disagreements between the groups remained as stark as ever, but the rancor between them significantly dissipated. Now, obviously, this doesn't always happen.
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Barack Obama
American President
It's one of the few regrets of my presidency - that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. There's no doubt a president with the gifts of Lincoln or Roosevelt might have better bridged the divide, and I guarantee I'll keep trying to be better so long as I hold this office.
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Sharon Salzberg
American Author
As we hone the ability to let go of distraction, to begin again without rancor or judgment, we are deepening forgiveness and compassion for ourselves. And in life, we find we might make a mistake, and more easily begin again, or stray from our chosen course and begin again.
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Stephen Vincent Benet
American Poet
We cannot afford the creeping paralysis that destroys the effective will of democracy - the paralysis carried by hate and rancor, between class and class, person and person, party and party, as plague is carried through the streets of a town.
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Joseph P. Bradley
American Judge
I know it is very hard to rise above the influences of party prejudice. Often, it almost drowns the sentiment of patriotism. Party rancor and party hatred are the last serpents which the genius of patriotism can crush.
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James Nesbitt
Irish Actor
I grew up loving women and without misogyny, rancour or prejudice, totally loved and loving. And no matter what has happened since, I don't think I have treated women in my life very badly.
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Loretta Lynch
American Public Servant
We must reject the easy impulses of bitterness and rancor and embrace the difficult work, but the important work, the vital work of finding a path forward together.
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Kevin Spacey
American Actor
Partisan rancour and party politics and ideology have got in the way of compromise - and compromise is the only thing that has ever made politics successful.
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Riccardo Muti
Italian Celebrity
I have closed that page of my life without rancor. I do not disown any of the work done.
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Jose Ortega y Gasset
Spanish Philosopher
Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.
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Johann Lamont
Scottish Politician
We shall seek debate without division or rancour.
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Barack Obama
American President
It's one of the few regrets of my presidency - that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. There's no doubt a president with the gifts of Lincoln or Roosevelt might have better bridged the divide, and I guarantee I'll keep trying to be better so long as I hold this office.
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Sharon Salzberg
American Author
As we hone the ability to let go of distraction, to begin again without rancor or judgment, we are deepening forgiveness and compassion for ourselves. And in life, we find we might make a mistake, and more easily begin again, or stray from our chosen course and begin again.
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Stephen Vincent Benet
American Poet
We cannot afford the creeping paralysis that destroys the effective will of democracy - the paralysis carried by hate and rancor, between class and class, person and person, party and party, as plague is carried through the streets of a town.
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Joseph P. Bradley
American Judge
I know it is very hard to rise above the influences of party prejudice. Often, it almost drowns the sentiment of patriotism. Party rancor and party hatred are the last serpents which the genius of patriotism can crush.
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James Nesbitt
Irish Actor
I grew up loving women and without misogyny, rancour or prejudice, totally loved and loving. And no matter what has happened since, I don't think I have treated women in my life very badly.
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Loretta Lynch
American Public Servant
We must reject the easy impulses of bitterness and rancor and embrace the difficult work, but the important work, the vital work of finding a path forward together.
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Kevin Spacey
American Actor
Partisan rancour and party politics and ideology have got in the way of compromise - and compromise is the only thing that has ever made politics successful.
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Riccardo Muti
Italian Celebrity
I have closed that page of my life without rancor. I do not disown any of the work done.
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Jose Ortega y Gasset
Spanish Philosopher
Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.
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Johann Lamont
Scottish Politician
We shall seek debate without division or rancour.
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