rancorous

  • 11rancorous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Bitingly hostile: acrimonious, bitter, embittered, hard, resentful, virulent. See ATTITUDE, LOVE …

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  • 12rancorous — ran·cor·ous || ræŋkÉ™rÉ™s adj. bitter, resentful, bearing ill will; hateful, filled with animosity, filled with enmity …

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  • 13rancorous — a. Malignant, malign, vindictive, malevolent, malicious, bitter, spiteful, virulent …

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  • 14rancorous — adj resentful, spiteful, venomous; malicious, malignant, maleficent, malevolent, hateful; vindictive, unforgiving, vengeful, revengeful, retaliatory, out to get [s.o.]; mean, cruel, ruthless, pitiless, merciless, remorseless, implacable; bitter,… …

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  • 15rancorous — ran·cor·ous …

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  • 16rancorous — See: rancour …

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  • 17rancorous — ran•cor•ous [[t]ˈræŋ kər əs[/t]] adj. full of or showing rancor • Etymology: 1580–90 ran′cor•ous•ly, adv. ran′cor•ous•ness, n …

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  • 18rancorous — /ˈræŋkərəs/ (say rangkuhruhs) adjective full of or showing rancour. –rancorously, adverb –rancorousness, noun …

  • 19rancorous — adjective showing deep seated resentment preserve...from rancourous envy of the rich Aldous Huxley • Similar to: ↑resentful • Derivationally related forms: ↑rancor …

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  • 20vindictive — adjective in her memoirs she revealed that Drake had been a vindictive ex lover Syn: vengeful, revengeful, unforgiving, resentful, acrimonious, bitter; spiteful, mean, rancorous, venomous, malicious, malevolent, nasty, mean spirited, cruel,… …

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