rancorous

comparative more rancorous · superlative most rancorous · alternative rancourous

1. Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.

   rancorous speech

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   Despite its attempt to provide what it saw as sober current-affairs programming in a sea of often-rancorous cable news channels, and winning some top awards in journalism, Al Jazeera America was unable to build an audience—it reached about 60 million households, compared to 100 million for other cable broadcasters—or draw advertisers.

   2016 January 13, “The End of Al Jazeera America”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 13 Jan 2016

   The first decade of the new century was a time of hope for many families, as parents told me they felt optimistic that science was on the verge of finally unraveling the mystery of their children’s condition. At the same time, nearly every public discussion of autism was dominated by a rancorous debate about vaccines, based on the controversial findings of a gastroenterologist in England named Andrew Wakefield who claimed to have uncovered a potential link between the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (commonly known as the MMR) and that he dubbed “autistic enterocolitis.”

   2015, Steve Silberman, “Introduction”, in Megan Newman, editor, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, New York: Avery, →ISBN, page 13

   Synonyms: malicious, resentful, venomous