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# rancour

«rancour» in Mova's school dictionary: **Bitter, deep anger or hatred that lasts a long time after…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (rancour — UK; rancor — US; uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Bitter, deep anger or hatred that lasts a long time after someone has hurt you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancour/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and history, old quarrels leave rancour between families or countries. In ethics and church lessons, forgiving means letting go of rancour. Phrase: «without rancour» means calmly, without bitterness.

### examples

- There was no rancour between the two friends after the argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancour/#x1)
- The old feud left a lot of rancour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancour/#x2)
- She spoke without rancour about the past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancour/#x3)
- Rancour between the countries lasted for years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancour/#x4)
- Forgiveness can wash away rancour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancour/#x5)
- Toad bore no rancour once his friends had saved Toad Hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancour/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: «rancour», not «a rancour». Spelling UK rancour, US rancor; adjective rancorous (no «u» in either). Similar: resentment, bitterness, spite.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rancour» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancour/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.