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Unfortunately, you know, working in a spirit of cooperation and respect requires someone else to reach back, and I don't think that's happened and it's been disappointing because the debate in our country has become so rancorous.
Karen Hughes

Meaning of "rancorous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RANCOROUS

rancorous  [ˈræŋkərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RANCOROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rancorous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RANCOROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rancorous in the English dictionary

The definition of rancorous in the dictionary is involving malicious resentfulness or hostility.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RANCOROUS


acarus
ˈækərəs
adventurous
ədˈvɛntʃərəs
cankerous
ˈkæŋkərəs
cantankerous
kænˈtæŋkərəs
Carreras
kəˈrɛərəs
chancrous
ˈʃæŋkərəs
dangerous
ˈdeɪndʒərəs
decorous
ˈdɛkərəs
generous
ˈdʒɛnərəs
glamorous
ˈɡlæmərəs
glamourous
ˈɡlæmərəs
Honduras
hɒnˈdjʊərəs
humorous
ˈhjuːmərəs
Icarus
ˈɪkərəs
ichorous
ˈaɪkərəs
indecorous
ɪnˈdɛkərəs
numerous
ˈnjuːmərəs
ocherous
ˈəʊkərəs
rigorous
ˈrɪɡərəs
vigorous
ˈvɪɡərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RANCOROUS

ranch hand
ranch house
rancher
rancheria
rancherie
ranchero
Ranchi
ranching
ranchless
ranchlike
ranchman
rancho
rancid
rancidity
rancidly
rancidness
rancor
rancorously
rancorousness
rancour

WORDS THAT END LIKE RANCOROUS

amorous
carnivorous
clangorous
disastrous
dolorous
herbivorous
hypochlorous
insectivorous
malodorous
microporous
nonporous
omnivorous
phosphorous
porous
sonorous
splendorous
stertorous
traitorous
tumorous
unglamorous
vaporous

Synonyms and antonyms of rancorous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RANCOROUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rancorous» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of rancorous

Translation of «rancorous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RANCOROUS

Find out the translation of rancorous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rancorous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rancorous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

针锋相对
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rencorosa
570 millions of speakers

English

rancorous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दुश्मनीपूर्न
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حقود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

злопамятен
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rancoroso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিদ্বেষপূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rancunier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rancor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verbittert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

恨み
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

악의에 찬
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rancorous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có thù hận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நச்சுத்தன்மை மிக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

राक्षसी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kinci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rancoroso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozżalony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

злопам´ятний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ranchiunos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μνησίκακη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bitter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rancorous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rancorous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rancorous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RANCOROUS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rancorous

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QUOTES WITH «RANCOROUS»

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Karen Hughes
Unfortunately, you know, working in a spirit of cooperation and respect requires someone else to reach back, and I don't think that's happened and it's been disappointing because the debate in our country has become so rancorous.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RANCOROUS»

Discover the use of rancorous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rancorous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
RANCOROUS, adj. [from rancour.} Malignant ; malicious ; spiteful in the utmost degree. — ' So slam'd his eyen with rage and rancorous ire. Spenser. I must be held a rancorous enemy. Sbak . —Their rancorous opposition to the gospel of ...
‎1816
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Sagehood: The Contemporary Significance of Neo-Confucian ...
Often the best approach will be to shift into a rancorous mode only when circumstances call for it. Meyers also acknowledges that emotional vanilla often is the best basis for moral perception, even occasionally for insight into systematic ...
Stephen C. Angle, 2009
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
RANCOROUS, adj. [from rancour.] Malig- iaot ; malicious ; spiteful in the utmost degree. — So Ham'd his eyen with' rage and rancorous ire. 1 Spenser. I' muff be held a rancorous enemy. Sbak". -Their rancorous opposition to the gospel of ...
‎1816
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Scientific Controversies: Case Studies in the Resolution and ...
19. Values. in. the. debate. over. workplace. safety. and. health: the. rancorous. rhetoric. about. regulation. GILBERT S. OMENN The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) stands in the eye of the storm about government ...
Hugo Tristram Engelhardt, Arthur L. Caplan, 1987
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Conflict and Conflict Management
He reports that when citizens petition the city government again and again for change or relief, and receive only delays, broken promises, or outright rejections, the result may be "rancorous" conflict. Gamson understands rancorous conflict to  ...
Joseph S. Himes, 2008
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Social Movements in an Organizational Society: Collected Essays
Hypothesis 5: Assuming that SMOs are competing for similar audiences, as SM 0s within an industry become further apart in their conception of the amount of change and the tactics required, rancorous conflict increases. So far, we have ...
Mayer N. Zald, John David McCarthy, 1987
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Contested Ground: Collective Action and the Urban Neighborhood
By contrast, intergroup conflict in Cell B, where property interests are different but the level of political consciousness is the same, are the most likely to be rancorous, public, and frequent (if consciousness has reached either a "conflict" or ...
John Emmeus Davis, 1991
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Being Yourself: Essays on Identity, Action, and Social Life
Ill-at-ease with other people, rancorous individuals can have trouble forming lasting relationships. Indeed, their emotional attitudes may interfere with their ability to grasp others' needs, and this insensitivity in turn may interfere with their ability ...
Diana Tietjens Meyers, 2004
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Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD ; See absolve. vindictive adjective in her memoirs she revealed that Drake had been a vindictive ex-lover: vengeful, revengeful, unforgiving, resentful, acrimonious, bitter; spiteful, mean, rancorous, venomous, ...
‎2012
10
An Inquiry Into the Justice and Expediency of Completing the ...
speech, lest his authority should be exposed, “as others have been exposed to rancorous Colonial persecutiom" and elsewhere, (p. 109) poetically alludes to the anticipated inconvenience of Colonial scrutiny into the writings of Dr. P. under  ...
Donald Moodie, 1841

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RANCOROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rancorous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Former and current presidents exchange rancorous words
Former President Ivo Josipovic on Thursday raised a question of what the incumbent President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic had done so far on the foreign affairs ... «Dalje.com, Jul 15»
2
Chairmen Back Oyegun, Frown At Reps Over Rancorous Session
THIRTY-SIX states chairmen of the All progressive congress (APC) yesterday rose from a two-day meeting reaffirming their loyalty to the Chief John ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jun 15»
3
Begin dialogue on issues without 'rancorous rhetoric' (Your letters)
Let's stop the politics and begin the dialogue without rancorous rhetoric. One thought, make those trumpeting charges and allegations, emboldened by the ... «Syracuse.com, Jun 15»
4
Jurors' Rancorous Split Over Etan Patz Mistrial Remains on Display …
Several jurors who failed to reach a decision in the trial of a man accused of killing Etan Patz in 1979 showed up on Wednesday at the defendant's court ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
5
In rancorous session, road and bridge gains will be modest
A long-shot bid to finance sweeping improvements in Louisiana roads and bridges is dead for the legislative session. In the end, heavy resistance to ... «The Advocate, Jun 15»
6
Snack stand zoning bid gets rancorous reception
ST. THOMAS - In a rancorous public hearing Thursday night at the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, zoning consultant Brian Turnbull made the ... «Virgin Islands Daily News, Apr 15»
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After rancorous debate, lawmakers pass big changes to evaluations
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is getting much of what he wanted on teacher evaluations, a signature piece of a controversial education agenda that has dominated ... «Chalkbeat New York, Apr 15»
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Bishop brings 'humor and candor' to rancorous resources debate
At the end of last week's House Natural Resources Committee hearing on the Interior Department's 2016 budget, Chairman Rob Bishop offered Secretary Sally ... «Environment & Energy Publishing, Mar 15»
9
MPs get nice long vacation after hectic,…
MPs get nice long vacation after hectic, rancorous session. Posted Dec. 18th, 2014 by Kelsey Johnson 0 Comments. Canada's parliamentarians have headed ... «Western Producer, Dec 14»
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Wikipedia Is a Rancorous, Sexist, Elitist, Stupidly Bureaucratic Mess …
Wikipedia is a paradox and a miracle—a crowdsourced encyclopedia that has become the default destination for nonessential information. That it has survived ... «Slate Magazine, Dec 14»

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