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n. - A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will.

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Usage examples (32)
  • "The time for partisan rancour is over," Obama transition team co-chair John Podesta says.
  • Lack of Lib Dem rancour calls to mind a previous 'rancour'
  • There's been much talk today about the lack of "rancour" as Liberal Democrats agonise amongst themselves over how to vote in Thursday's Commons decision on tuition fees.
  • Would the anxieties which weigh upon her like mountains interpose between the Queen and the jealous rancour which is too petty for her great soul? "
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