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  • noun Alternative spelling of rancor.

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  • noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

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Examples

  • "The time for partisan rancour is over," Obama transition team co-chair John Podesta says.

    Bush to keep job in Obama administration 2008

  • "The time for partisan rancour is over," Obama transition team co-chair John Podesta says.

    Archive 2008-11-01 2008

  • Church of England in 1992, produced "rancour" rather than "warmer ecumenical relations".

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • But it doesn't have to be like that, and I'm confident that a less macho, more intuitive generation of Labour politicians will be able to stand against each other without the kind of rancour we saw in the past.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • 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.

    BBC Ouch! Blog Michael Crick 2010

  • Lack of Lib Dem rancour calls to mind a previous 'rancour'

    BBC Ouch! Blog Michael Crick 2010

  • Leader Nick Clegg said the party would move forward without "rancour" while Vince Cable said the coalition would be "stronger for the experience".

    BBC News - Home 2010

  • Obama, criticised at home for not meeting the Dalai Lama during the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's recent visit to Washington, has vowed to raise human rights issues with Beijing, but said he would do it without "rancour".

    iac world news feed 2009

  • 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? "

    Cleopatra — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

  • 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? "

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

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  • I've always liked this word, and a couple of years ago I met this lovely man via MySpace who was a musician and singer in a band called Bionic in the UK (Manchester) in the mid 90s. They never really got lift off, but they were pretty good if you dig New Order, The Wedding Present, and emotionally complex lyrics.

    Anyway, one of his songs featured the lyrics "I feel your rancour," and it struck me that I had never heard that word used in a song. It's a powerful and specific word.

    June 23, 2008

  • I've always liked this word, and a couple of years ago I met this lovely man via MySpace who was a musician and singer in a band called Bionic in the UK (Manchester) in the mid 90s. They never really got lift off, but they were pretty good if you dig New Order, The Wedding Present, and emotionally complex lyrics.

    Anyway, one of his songs featured the lyrics "I feel your rancour," and it struck me that I had never heard that word used in a song. It's a powerful and specific word.

    June 23, 2008

  • Yeah, especially when rhyming with banker.

    October 15, 2008