rancorous
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8.4
- adjective
- /ˈræŋkərəs/
- Formal
:
rencoroso
- Sex education has been the Middle East of the culture wars and one of the longest-running, most rancorous battlegrounds of American social policy.
- rancorous debate
And then there's the people he says that are, that are rancorous or contentious.
- And then there's the people he says that are, that are rancorous or contentious.
Examples
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After years of rancorous disputes, they finally agreed to settle their differences peacefully.
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I expect a very rancorous session at the ECB with potentially explosive results.
Blog text (13) -
Besides being close and expensive, this race has been rancorous, with barrages of ads, robocalls, and statements.
Blog text (2) -
Touted as "litigation with the feminine touch," the Senate voted 28 to 20 to approve the bill after a rancorous debate.
Academic text (2007) -
Meetings were becoming rancorous as staff with differing opinions hurled bitter accusations at one another.
Academic text (1994) -
Painstaking, rancorous negotiations between the administration and congressional Democrats yielded a multiyear agreement on the budget in late 1990.
Academic text (1991) -
But McCarthy also says much good has come from the rancorous public debate over legalizing same-sex marriage in the United States, and he cites his own family as an example.
Academic text (2006) -
An increasing trend toward institutionalization of the arts has exacerbated those tensions and led to rancorous public arguments involving mainstream community values, artistic freedom, and censorship.
Academic text (1996) -
The rancorous argument between the neighbors left everyone feeling tense and uncomfortable.
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The rancorous atmosphere in the meeting made it difficult for any constructive dialogue to occur.
Synonyms
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2.5
Feeling or showing strong anger and hurt
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7.9
Wanting strongly to hurt someone who hurt you
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5.4
Feeling angry and bitter because someone treated you unfairly
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9.3
Harsh, angry words that strongly hurt someone
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8.4
Full of angry, bitter words in a speech or argument
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5.4
Feeling very angry and hurt because someone treated you unfairly
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6.3
Showing strong hate and wanting to hurt someone
Showing quiet anger and annoyance by being silent
Antonyms
How Bitter
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word rancorous comes from the Latin word rancor, which means 'bitterness', and is related to the English word rancid, which we use for food that tastes 'stale' or 'bad'. So someone who is rancorous feels deep, bitter anger or long-lasting dislike.