rancor
bitter, long-lasting resentment or ill will
Rancor in a sentence
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Despite losing the election, she conceded without a trace of rancor.
Decades after the partition, the territorial dispute still bred rancor between the two neighboring states.
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Reviewers noted that the novelist, once known for blank prose, had pared her sentences down until scarcely a superfluous word remained.
Using “rancor” well
Rancor implies a deep-seated, enduring bitterness rather than a passing irritation. It is the noun form of the adjective rancorous, and it stresses the lingering ill will that outlasts the original grievance.
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