Crossword clues for rancor
rancor
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
c.1200, from Old French rancor "bitterness, resentment; grief, affliction," from Late Latin rancorem (nominative rancor) "rancidness, a stinking smell" (Palladius); "grudge, bitterness" (Hieronymus and in Late Latin), from Latin rancere "to stink" (see rancid).
Wiktionary
n. The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.
WordNet
n. a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will [syn: resentment, bitterness, gall, rancour]
Usage examples of "rancor".
All vices, Sancho, bring with them some kind of delight, but envy brings nothing but vexation, rancor, and rage.
Cubertson, who had been chairlady of the Young Republicans, and Elliot Dean had been political rivals, but without rancor.
Shield Thy trusted servants from the evils of self and passion, protect them with the watchful eye of Thy loving-kindness from all rancor, hate and envy, shelter them in the impregnable stronghold of Thy care and, safe from the darts of doubtfulness, make them the manifestations of Thy glorious signs, illumine their faces with the effulgent rays shed from the Dayspring of Thy divine unity, gladden their hearts with the verses revealed from Thy holy kingdom, strengthen their loins by Thine all-swaying power that cometh from Thy realm of glory.
From astride his snorting charger, Lord Diegan glared down at his prince, who accepted his demise without rancor for mud-spoiled velvets.
As I danced on the mountain with my sibs, rancor and jealousy were as distant from me as death.
Last year, betting mainly with wealthy cocaine addicts, I switched all my bets from Washington to Miami on Friday night -- and in the resulting confusion my net winnings were almost entirely canceled by widespread rancor and personal bitterness.
The name he gave to his persona was borrowed from the Cagots, an ancient pariah race of untouchables who had practiced a variant of Christianity which brought down upon them the rancor and hatred of their Basque neighbors.
As our command of bioinfo increases, such choices will get more stark, and rancor will rise.
I killed no vases, no beer glasses nor light bulbs, I opened up no showcase nor deprived any spectacles of their power of vision -- no, my vocal rancor was directed against all the balls, bells, light refracting silvery soap bubbles that graced the Ochristmastree: with a tinkle tinkle and a klingaling, the tree decorations were shattered into dust.
Between trainers and jockeys there seemed to be an all-round edginess, sudden outbursts of rancor, and an ebbing and flowing undercurrent of resentment and distrust.
But were it not, that Time their troubler is,All that in this delightfull Gardin growes,Should happie be, and haue immortall blis:For here all plentie, and all pleasure flowes,And sweet loue gentle fits emongst them throwes,Without fell rancor, or fond gealosie.
It had taken almost all Braithwaite's courage to voice the threat, but he was encouraged by a rancor that was eating him like a tapeworm.
They lay down side by side on the bed and shared their rancor, while the world grew quiet until the only sound was the gnawing of termites in the coffered ceiling.
Instead of criticizing those who perpetuated the myths, public rancor was directed at those who discredited them.
Adam complained one time after Penny and I had, without rancor, agreed to disagree about something.