Usually means: Bitterness or resentfulness, especially long-standing.
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  1. rancour: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rancour: Merriam-Webster
  3. rancour: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rancour: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rancour: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rancour: Vocabulary.com
  7. Rancour, rancour: Wordnik
  8. rancour: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. rancour: Wiktionary
  10. rancour: Dictionary.com
  11. rancour: Rhymezone
  12. rancour: FreeDictionary.org
  13. rancour: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. rancour: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. rancour: Legal dictionary

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  1. rancour: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  British, Canada, and Australia spelling of rancor
▸ noun:  A surname from French.

Similar:
rancor, resentment, bitterness, gall, Rancourt, Racouchot, rance, Ranvier, rive, Rivard, more...

Opposite:
amity, friendship, harmony, goodwill, affection

Types:
animosity, bad blood, bitterness, discord, enmity, grudge, hatred, jealousy, more...

Adjectives:
personal, political, much, religious, bitter, little, mutual, old, secret, theological, sectarian

Colors:
    dark red,     maroon,     burgundy,     crimson,     blood red, more...



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Similar:
rancor, resentment, bitterness, gall, Rancourt, Racouchot, rance, Ranvier, rive, Rivard, more...

Opposite:
amity, friendship, harmony, goodwill, affection

Types:
animosity, bad blood, bitterness, discord, enmity, grudge, hatred, jealousy, more...

Adjectives:
personal, political, much, religious, bitter, little, mutual, old, secret, theological, sectarian

Colors:
    dark red,     maroon,     burgundy,     crimson,     blood red, more...



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