Another word for rancor
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Noun
The quality or state of feeling bitter
- Dated form of virulence.
- the quality of being virulent, or very poisonous, noxious, malignant, etc.
- bitter animosity; venom; rancor
- the relative infectiousness of a microorganism causing disease
- Indignation or ill will stemming from a feeling of having been wronged or offended.
- The characteristic of being resentful.
- Outrageous insolence; effrontery:
- Bitterness of feeling; rancor.
- Something bitter to endure:
- (uncountable) The state of being embittered
- (countable) Something which embitters
- the quality of having a bitter taste
- the quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment
- Bitter, sharp animosity, especially as exhibited in speech or behavior.
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Another word for rancor
Noun
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- Violent response to an act of harm or perceived injustice.
- An act of violent response.
- The quality of being revengeful.
- The state or quality of being vengeful
- A sullen, angry, or indignant humor:
- To be reluctant to give or admit:
- To resent for having; begrudge:
- A deep-seated feeling of resentment or rancor:
- Infliction of punishment in return for a wrong committed; retribution.
- the quality of being virulent, or very poisonous, noxious, malignant, etc.
- bitter animosity; venom; rancor
- the relative infectiousness of a microorganism causing disease
- A large, highly vascular lymphoid organ, lying in the human body to the left of the stomach below the diaphragm, serving to store blood, disintegrate old blood cells, filter foreign substances from the blood, and produce lymphocytes.
- A homologous organ or tissue in other vertebrates.
- This organ conceived as the seat of emotions or passions.
- A bitter, alkaline, brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow fluid that is secreted by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and discharged into the duodenum and aids in the emulsification, digestion, and absorption of fats.
- Bitterness of temper; ill humor; irascibility.
- Either of two bodily humors, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.
- A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride.
- To cause to feel resentment or indignation.
- To provoke; arouse:
- Offense or resentment:
- Shadow or shade:
- Trees or foliage affording shade.
- The property of being ruthless
- Sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone.
- The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality.
- A poisonous secretion of an animal, such as a snake, spider, or scorpion, usually transmitted to prey or to attackers by a bite or sting.
- Malice; spite:
- The quality of being harsh.
- Bitter, sharp animosity, especially as exhibited in speech or behavior.
- The condition of being vindictive
- A malevolent desire for revenge
- The state or condition of being uncharitable.
- A fixed, intense dislike; repugnance:
- The cause or object of such a feeling:
- The avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because it has been associated with an unpleasant or painful stimulus.
- Extreme dislike; aversion or repugnance.
- A feeling of aversion:
- The state or quality of being variant or variable; variation:
- Difference or inconsistency:
- The state or fact of being in disagreement or in conflict:
- Hostility that results in active resistance, opposition, or contentiousness.
- The condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor:
- Interference in the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure.
- (uncountable) The state of being unfriendly.
- (countable) An unfriendly act.
- Indignation or ill will stemming from a feeling of having been wronged or offended.
- the quality of having a bitter taste
- the quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment
- The state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity.
- A hostile act.
- Acts of war; overt warfare.
- A feeling of animosity; ill will.
- An attitude that informs one's actions; disposition or intention.
- In Jungian psychology, the masculine inner personality as present in women.
- Bitter hostility or open enmity; active hatred.
- A hostile feeling or act.
- A feeling of animosity or rancor.
- The quality or state of being malevolent.
- Malevolent behavior.
- Unfriendly feeling; enmity.
- Deep-seated, often mutual hatred.
- A feeling or state of hatred or animosity:
- Intense ill will or hatred; great malice.
- An act or a feeling of great malice.
- The condition or quality of being highly dangerous or injurious; deadliness.
- Intense animosity or hostility.
- Malicious ill will prompting an urge to hurt or humiliate another person.
- To treat with spite; show spite toward:
- A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite.
- The intent to commit an unlawful act without justification or excuse.
- An improper motive for an action, such as desire to cause injury to another.
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