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rancorous
[
rang
-ker-
uh
s
]
Example Sentences
ran·cor·ous
/
ˈræŋ
kər
əs
/
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[
rang
-ker-
uh
s
]
Show IPA
adjective
full of or showing
rancor
.
Origin:
1580–90;
rancor
+
-ous
Related forms
ran·cor·ous·ly,
adverb
ran·cor·ous·ness,
noun
un·ran·cor·ous,
adjective
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omen
to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly
process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements
to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out
to make more refined, spiritual, or exalted
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Calif, in a
rancorous
argument over what goes on the air and who should decide.
All this question achieves is endless
rancorous
bickering and nit picking.
There are equally
rancorous
arguments about how best to stimulate supply.
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Calif, in a
rancorous
argument over what goes on the air and who should decide.
All this question achieves is endless
rancorous
bickering and nit picking.
There are equally
rancorous
arguments about how best to stimulate supply.
The accusations of mismanagement are part of the debate over the program that has grown increasingly
rancorous
.
It is an astonishingly
rancorous
and controversial debate, with far-reaching implications.
And, come to think of it, the play even begins to resemble that
rancorous
body for the occasional clumsiness in its logic.
It has also produced a rare moment of bipartisan harmony in an otherwise
rancorous
election year.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
rancour
or
rancor
(ˈræŋkə)
—
n
malicious resentfulness or hostility; spite
[C14: from Old French, from Late Latin
rancor
rankness]
rancor
or
rancor
—
n
[C14: from Old French, from Late Latin
rancor
rankness]
'rancorous
or
rancor
—
adj
'rancorously
or
rancor
—
adv
'rancorousness
or
rancor
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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