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rancorous

adj · 2 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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  • UK: /ˈɹæŋ.kəɹ.əs/
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  • CMU ARPABET: R AE1 NG K ER0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • rancorous speech

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: malicious, resentful, venomous

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

showing deep-seated resentment- Aldous Huxley

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • preserve...from rancourous envy of the rich

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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 Proto-Indo-European *h3ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English rancorous From rancor + -ous.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: злапа́мятны (zlapámjatny) — full of rancor
  • Bulgarian: злобен (zloben) — full of rancor
  • Bulgarian: озлобен (ozloben) — full of rancor
  • Dutch: rancuneus — full of rancor
  • Finnish: katkeroitunut — full of rancor
  • Finnish: kaunaa kantava — full of rancor
  • Finnish: kaunainen — full of rancor
  • French: rancunier — full of rancor
  • French: acrimonieux — full of rancor
  • German: nachtragend — full of rancor
  • German: rachsüchtig — full of rancor
  • Hungarian: haragtartó — full of rancor
  • Hungarian: gyűlölködő — full of rancor
  • Hungarian: rosszindulatú — full of rancor
  • Irish: aiciseach — full of rancor
  • Irish: domlasta — full of rancor
  • Italian: rancoroso — full of rancor
  • Norman: rantcheunyi — full of rancor
  • Polish: rozgoryczony — full of rancor
  • Polish: rozżalony — full of rancor
  • Polish: zajadły — full of rancor
  • Portuguese: rancoroso — full of rancor
  • Russian: злопа́мятный (zlopámjatnyj) — full of rancor
  • Spanish: rencoroso — full of rancor
  • Ukrainian: злопа́м'ятний (zlopámʺjatnyj) — full of rancor