Rancour
[ræŋkә]
Definition
n. deep-seated enmity: spite: virulence: (Shak.) sourness.—adjs. (obs.) Ranck=Rank; Ran′corous malicious: virulent.—adv. Ran′corously.
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Examples
- She admired Dobbin; she bore him no rancour for the part he had taken against her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And yet there was no bad feeling, no maliceno rancour, no littleness in his countenance, beautiful with a man's best beauty, even in its depression. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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