Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Sourness; bitterness.
- noun Rankling malice or spitefulness; bitter animosity; in general, a soured or cankered disposition, inciting to vindictive action or speech; a nourished hatred or grudge.
- noun Synonyms Asperity, Harshness, etc. (see
acrimony ), Illwill, Enmity, etc. (seeanimosity ), gall, spleen, spite, spitefulness, rankling, hate, hatred, malevolence, bad blood.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The deepest
malignity orspite ; deep-seatedenmity ormalice ;inveterate hatred .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One of the prominent examples of success leading to rancor is Jules Olitski, whom the critic Clement Greenberg called "the best painter living" back in the early 1980s.
Daniel Grant: There's a Lot of Backbiting Among Artists Daniel Grant 2010
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All of the rancor is driving a stake deep into hopes of any progress on any of those fronts.
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I don't understand what's happened to people, and knowing full well that this climate of political rancor is nothing new in our young democracy does nothing to assuage the absolute screaming terror that what we see in the now is only a preview of what my kids will face in the future.
r_urell: I think it possible, perhaps even inevit r_urell 2010
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One of the prominent examples of success leading to rancor is Jules Olitski, whom the critic Clement Greenberg called "the best painter living" back in the early 1980s.
Daniel Grant: There's a Lot of Backbiting Among Artists Daniel Grant 2010
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I don't understand what's happened to people, and knowing full well that this climate of political rancor is nothing new in our young democracy does nothing to assuage the absolute screaming terror that what we see in the now is only a preview of what my kids will face in the future.
- r_urell 2010
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I can't help but wonder if this wouldn't have happened if not for all the rancor from the Lamont challenge in 2006.
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What’s getting lost in the rancor is that we are Americans (apologies to the non-American posters here).
Think Progress » Obama bumper sticker fuels violent political road rage in Tennessee. 2010
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But there is a longer term factor, a creepy bipartisanship in an era characterized by partisan rancor, that is conspiring to keep this most important of issues off the campaign trail.
Jonathan Weiler: Deafening Silence: Why Our Ongoing Wars Are Not a Campaign Issue Jonathan Weiler 2010
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But there is a longer term factor, a creepy bipartisanship in an era characterized by partisan rancor, that is conspiring to keep this most important of issues off the campaign trail.
Jonathan Weiler: Deafening Silence: Why Our Ongoing Wars Are Not a Campaign Issue Jonathan Weiler 2010
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But there is a longer term factor, a creepy bipartisanship in an era characterized by partisan rancor, that is conspiring to keep this most important of issues off the campaign trail.
Jonathan Weiler: Deafening Silence: Why Our Ongoing Wars Are Not a Campaign Issue Jonathan Weiler 2010
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