Crossword clues for rancour
rancour
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rancor \Ran"cor\ (r[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), n. [Written also
rancour.] [OE. rancour, OF. rancor, rancur, F. rancune, fr.
L. rancor rancidity, rankness; tropically, an old grudge,
rancor, fr. rancere to be rank or rancid.]
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.
Usage: 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
chiefly British English spelling of rancor; for ending see -or. Related: Rancourous.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of rancor from=British from2=Canadian English)
WordNet
n. a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will [syn: resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor]
Usage examples of "rancour".
In June the death of Lord Halifax made a vacancy in the cabinet, which was occupied by the Earl of Suffolk, while his place of lord privy seal was taken by the Duke of Grafton, whose restoration caused a great stir in the political world, and called forth the atrabilious rancour of Junius, who had prided himself on having driven the noble duke from office.
Rancour deserves that I should leave her standing at the door to punish her for her impertinence to me when I came to London.
When she had got up we breakfasted together, and the time went by as pleasantly as possible till Madame Rancour came for her little charge, who went away with a sad heart.
It is a series of drearily rectangular blocks joined by glassed-in catwalks, looking extremely like a jail and covered in slogans of unimaginative rancour about FASCHISTS.
And Edd showed no rancour, no remembrance of insults, but with a courtesy that would not have ill become one in higher walks of life he gratified Sam.
I found him listening with a foolish stare to Madame Rancour, who was telling him of the splendid position his mother occupied, her great enterprise, her immense credit, the splendid house she had built, her thirtythree servants, her two secretaries, her six horses, her country house, etc.
Stephen Maturin was not afraid of any vulgar betrayal, nor was he afraid for his skin, because he did not value it: but he had so suffered from the incalculable tensions, rancour and hatreds that arise from the failure of a rebellion that he could not bear any further disappointment, any further hostile, recriminatory confrontation, any fresh example of a friend grown cold, or worse.
She was grandchild to Eleanor Hadfield, an aged woman, who was reputed as a witch by my father and his set, for no other reason, that I can make out, than her scorn, dignity, and fearlessness of rancour.
She chid her woman for the rancour of her remarks, and undertook to refute the articles of his dispraise.
And eke the Pope, rancour for to slake, Consenteth it, that dare I undertake: And truely, thus much I will you say, My newe wife is coming by the way.
She was ten, but as Madame Rancour was not speaking to me I refrained from interrupting her.
When we got to the house, a fat woman named Rancour, and two servants, welcomed us, or rather welcomed my young friend.
Our trunks were taken in, and Madame Rancour having ascertained which belonged to Cornelis, had them placed in a fine suite of three rooms, and said, pointing out to him the apartment and the two servants, "This apartment and the two servants are for you, and I, too, am your most humble servant.
We were just sitting down to table when Clairmont announced my daughter and Madame Rancour.
Ther nas discord, rancour, ne hevynesse In al that land, that she ne koude apese, And wisely brynge hem alle in reste and ese.