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rancorous - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'rancorous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rancorous [ a.]
- Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent.

Meaning of 'rancorous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rancorous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- showing deep-seated resentment
Example in sentence:
  • preserve...from rancourous envy of the rich