English-Thai Dictionary

rancor

N ความขมขื่น  ความเคียดแค้น  ความ แค้นเคือง  ความพยาบาท  ความอาฆาต  bitterness resentment kwam-kom-kuan

 

rancorous

ADJ ขมขื่น  คับแค้น  bitter cruel vengeful kom-kuan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RANCOR

n.[L. from ranceo, to be rank. ] 1. The deepest malignity or spite; deep seated and implacable malice; inveterate enmity. [This is the strongest term for enmity which the English language supplies. ]
It issues from the rancor of a villain.
2. Virulence; corruption.

 

RANCOROUS

a.Deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent. So flam'd his eyes with rage and ranc'rous ire.
Rancorous opposition to the gospel of Christ.

 

RANCOROUSLY

adv. With deep malignity or spiteful malice.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RANCOR

RANCOR Ran "cor, n. [Written also rancour. ] Etym: [OE. rancour, OF. rancor, rancur, F. rancune, fr. L. rancor rancidity, rankness; tropically, an old grudge, rancor, fr. rancere to be rank or rancid. ]

 

Defn: The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred. "To stint rancour and dissencioun." Chaucer. It would not be easy to conceive the passion, rancor, and malice of their tongues and hearts. Burke.

 

Syn. -- Enmity; hatred; ill will; malice; spite; grudge; animosity; malignity. -- Rancor, Enmity. Enmity and rancor both describe hostile feelings;but enmity may be generous and open, while rancor implies personal malice of the worst and most enduring nature, and is the strongest word in our language to express hostile feelings. Rancor will out; proud prelate, in thy face I see thy fury. Shak. Rancor is that degree of malice which preys upon the possessor. Cogan.

 

RANCOROUS

Ran "cor *ous, a. Etym: [OF. rancuros.]

 

Defn: Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent. So flamed his eyes with rage and rancorous ire. Spenser.

 

RANCOROUSLY

RANCOROUSLY Ran "cor *ous *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a rancorous manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rancor

ran cor |ˈraNGkər ˈræŋkər |(Brit. rancour ) ▶noun bitterness or resentfulness, esp. when long-standing: he spoke without rancor. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from late Latin rancor ‘rankness, ’ (in the Vulgate ‘bitter grudge ’), related to Latin rancidus ‘stinking. ’

 

rancorous

ran cor ous |ˈraNGkərrəs ˈræŋkərəs | ▶adjective characterized by bitterness or resentment: sixteen miserable months of rancorous disputes | a rancorous debate. DERIVATIVES ran cor ous ly |-k (ə )rəslē |adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

rancorous

ran ¦cor |ous |ˈraŋk (ə )rəs | ▶adjective characterized by bitterness or resentment: sixteen miserable months of rancorous disputes | a rancorous debate. DERIVATIVES rancorously adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

rancor

rancor noun partisans on both sides have created much rancor: bitterness, spite, hate, hatred, resentment, malice, ill will, malevolence, animosity, antipathy, enmity, hostility, acrimony, venom, vitriol.

 

rancorous

rancorous adjective California's rancorous recall campaign: bitter, spiteful, hateful, resentful, acrimonious, malicious, malevolent, hostile, venomous, vindictive, baleful, vitriolic, vengeful, pernicious, mean, nasty; informal bitchy, catty. ANTONYMS amicable. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See vindictive . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

rancorous

rancorous adjective the campaign became increasingly rancorous as it progressed: bitter, spiteful, hateful, resentful, acrimonious, malicious, malevolent, malign, malignant, hostile, antipathetic, venomous, poisonous, vindictive, evil-intentioned, ill-natured, baleful, vengeful, vitriolic, virulent, pernicious, mean, nasty; informal bitchy, catty; literary malefic, maleficent. ANTONYMS amicable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

rancor

ran cor ｟英 ｠ran cour /rǽŋkə r /名詞 U ｟かたく ｠(人に対する )憤慨, 憎しみ .

 

rancorous

r á n cor ous /rǽŋk (ə )rəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠憎しみを抱いた, 恨み骨髄の .～ly 副詞