'Rancorous' definitions:
Definition of 'rancorous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Showing deep-seated resentment; "preserve...from rancourous envy of the rich"- Aldous Huxley
Definition of 'Rancorous'
From: GCIDE
- Rancorous \Ran"cor*ous\ (r[a^][ng]"k[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [OF. rancuros.] Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent. [1913 Webster]
- So flamed his eyes with rage and rancorous ire. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rancorous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acerb,
- acerbate,
- acerbic,
- acid,
- acidic,
- acidulent,
- acidulous,
- acrid,
- acrimonious,
- antagonistic,
- antipathetic,
- avenging,
- belligerent,
- bitter,
- burning,
- caustic,
- choleric,
- clashing,
- colliding,
- conflicting,
- despiteful,
- embittered,
- envenomed,
- evil,
- full of hate,
- grudgeful,
- hateful,
- hostile,
- implacable,
- irreconcilable,
- malevolent,
- malicious,
- malign,
- malignant,
- punitive,
- punitory,
- quarrelsome,
- rankled,
- repugnant,
- resentful,
- resenting,
- retaliatory,
- revanchist,
- revengeful,
- set against,
- sore,
- spiteful,
- splenetic,
- stewing,
- unappeasable,
- venenate,
- vengeful,
- venomous,
- vicious,
- vindicatory,
- vindictive,
- virulent,
- vitriolic,
- wicked