RANCOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

Synonyms:

bitterness; gall; rancor; rancour; resentment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("rancor" is a kind of...):

enmity; hostility; ill will (the feeling of a hostile person)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rancor"):

heartburning (intense resentment)

huffishness; sulkiness (a feeling of sulky resentment)

grievance; grudge; score (a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation)

enviousness; envy (a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another)

Derivation:

rancorous (showing deep-seated resentment)