rancor

rancor
rancored; esp. Brit., rancoured, adj.
/rang"keuhr/, n.
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
Also, esp. Brit., rancour.
[1175-1225; ME rancour < MF < LL rancor- (s. of rancor) rancidity, equiv. to L ranc(ere) (see RANCID) + -or- -OR1]
Syn. bitterness, spite, venom, animosity. See malevolence.
Ant. benevolence.

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