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rancorous

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marked by deep-seated bitterness or hostility

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The negotiations broke down into a rancorous exchange of accusations.

Synonyms
bitterspitefulvenomousacrimonious
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Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.

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Rancorous (adjective) means marked by deep-seated bitterness or hostility
Here is rancorous used in an example sentence: "The negotiations broke down into a rancorous exchange of accusations."
Common synonyms for rancorous include bitter, spiteful, venomous, acrimonious.
Antonyms of rancorous include amicable, cordial, genial.
Rancorous is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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