noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɹæ̞ŋkə/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ˈɹæ̝ŋkɚ/without æ-raising
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
/ˈɹeɪ̯ŋkɚ/æ-raising
/ˈɹɛ̃ŋkɚ/æ-raising
rhymes with -æŋkə(ɹ)
homophone: ranker
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A feeling of long-lasting ire for another, sometimes to the point of hatred, over a perceived wrongdoing; bitterness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Examples
I could almost see the rancor in his eyes when he challenged me to a fight.
Etymology tree Latin ranceō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin rancor Old French rancorbor. Middle English rancour English rancor First attested in the 13th century as Middle English rancour, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor”), from ranceō (“to be rotten or putrid”), from which also English rancid.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
քեն
(kʻen)
— the deepest malignity or spite
Asturian:
rancor
— the deepest malignity or spite
Bulgarian:
омраза
(omraza)
— the deepest malignity or spite
Bulgarian:
злоба
(zloba)
— the deepest malignity or spite
Bulgarian:
ненавист
(nenavist)
— the deepest malignity or spite
Catalan:
rancúnia
— the deepest malignity or spite
Chinese Mandarin:
怨恨
(yuànhèn)
— the deepest malignity or spite
Chinese Mandarin:
仇恨
(chóuhèn)
— the deepest malignity or spite
Chinese Mandarin:
敵意 /敌意
(díyì)
— the deepest malignity or spite
Czech:
zášť
— the deepest malignity or spite
Czech:
nevraživost
— the deepest malignity or spite
Czech:
nenávist
— the deepest malignity or spite
Dutch:
rancune
— the deepest malignity or spite
Dutch:
wrok
— the deepest malignity or spite
Finnish:
kauna
— the deepest malignity or spite
Finnish:
katkeruus
— the deepest malignity or spite
Finnish:
viha
— the deepest malignity or spite
French:
rancune
— the deepest malignity or spite
French:
rancœur
— the deepest malignity or spite
French:
rancœurs
— the deepest malignity or spite
Galician:
rancor
— the deepest malignity or spite
Galician:
xenreira
— the deepest malignity or spite
German:
Groll
— the deepest malignity or spite
Hebrew:
איבה
(eyvá)
— the deepest malignity or spite
Hungarian:
rosszakarat
— the deepest malignity or spite
Hungarian:
gyűlölet
— the deepest malignity or spite
Irish:
aicis
— the deepest malignity or spite
Italian:
rancore
— the deepest malignity or spite
Māori:
kaikino
— the deepest malignity or spite
Māori:
hūneinei
— the deepest malignity or spite
Māori:
hūngeingei
— the deepest malignity or spite
Occitan:
rancura
— the deepest malignity or spite
Polish:
uraza
— the deepest malignity or spite
Polish:
żal
— the deepest malignity or spite
Portuguese:
rancor
— the deepest malignity or spite
Romanian:
ranchiună
— the deepest malignity or spite
Romanian:
pică
— the deepest malignity or spite
Romanian:
rancoare
— the deepest malignity or spite
Russian:
злопа́мятство
(zlopámjatstvo)
— the deepest malignity or spite
Russian:
затаённая не́нависть
(zatajónnaja nénavistʹ)
— the deepest malignity or spite
