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RANCOUR

• RANCOUR (noun)
The noun RANCOUR has 1 sense:

1. a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

Familiarity information: RANCOUR used as a noun is very rare.

• RANCOUR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

bitterness; rancor; rancour; resentment; gall

Hypernyms ("rancour" is a kind of...):

enmity; hostility; ill will (the feeling of a hostile person)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rancour"):

heartburning (intense resentment)

huffishness; sulkiness (a feeling of sulky resentment)

grievance; grudge; score (a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation)

enviousness; envy (a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another)

"Give and take is fair play."
(English proverb)
"Do not wait for good things to search for you, you search for them."
(Albanian proverb)
"Do good and throw it in sea."
(Arabic proverb)
"The one not dancing knows lots of songs."
(Cypriot proverb)

Useful links:
Pronunciation of enmity
Meaning of ill will
Meaning of sulkiness
Meaning of grievance
Pronunciation of grudge

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