rancour

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proper noun

A surname from French.

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resentmentbitternessgallrancor
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Meanings

rancour1

nounrancour (countable and uncountable, plural rancours)

plural rancours

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of rancor.

    By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.

    1921, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
verbrancour (third-person singular simple present rancours, present participle rancouring, simple past and past participle rancoured)

present singular third person rancours · participle present rancouring · participle past rancoured · past rancoured

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of rancor.

Rancour2

proper nounRancour (plural Rancours)

plural Rancours

  1. A surname from French.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

Similar
resentmentbitternessgallrancor
Broader
hostilityenmityill will
Also see
bitternessgallrancorresentment

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Variant of Rancourt.

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APA

rancour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rancour

MLA

“rancour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rancour. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rancour,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rancour.

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