rancour
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ran·cour British English, rancor American English /ˈræŋkə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable] formalHATE a feeling of hatred and anger towards someone you cannot forgive because they harmed you in the past 深仇，积怨 → resentmentwithout rancour He spoke openly about the war without a trace of rancour. 他不带丝毫怨恨地坦然谈论这场战争。
Examples from the Corpus
rancour• You could hardly say they had been reconciled, but there seemed no rancour between them.• In such an atmosphere of rancour and distrust it was hardly surprising that the magazine never developed a proper editorial identity.• Gang leaders fled the scene, and all traces of rancour and suspicion vanished with them.• Often exasperating to colleagues, he was always courteous and never bore personal rancour.• This is ridiculously expensive, and the cause of much political rancour.• He observed with simmering rancour as she began to tell Malengin about her life in the poisoner's house in Scaraby.• But the mental process allows us to filter our response to avoid undue rancour.ran·cour nounChineseSyllable
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ran‧cour
British English, rancor American English /ˈræŋkə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable]formal a feeling of hatred and anger towards someone you cannot forgive because they harmed you in the past ⇨ resentment
without rancour
He spoke openly about the war without a trace of rancour.
▪ anger a strong emotion that you feel because someone has behaved badly or because a situation seems bad or unfair: Andrea still feels a lot of anger towards her mom, who left when she was a little girl. | I’ve said some things in anger that have almost cost me my marriage.
▪annoyance slight anger or impatience: He expressed annoyance at the way his comments had been misinterpreted. | The meetings were held in secret, much to the annoyance of some members of Congress.
▪irritation a feeling of being annoyed and impatient, especially because something keeps happening or someone keeps saying something: He could not hide his irritation at her persistent questioning. | Unwanted sales calls are a source of irritation for many people.
▪frustration a feeling of being annoyed, especially because you cannot do what you want or because you cannot change or control a situation: You can imagine my frustration when I found out that the next bus didn’t leave till 4 hours later. | There is a growing sense of frustration over the situation in Burma. | The government has expressed frustration at the slow legal process.
▪exasperation a feeling of being very annoyed because you cannot control a situation, learn to do something, or understand something, even though you are trying very hard: Isaac sighed in exasperation. | Exasperation at the team’s lack of success was evident among the fans.
▪resentment anger because you think you are being treated badly or unfairly: The sudden increase in the numbers of immigrants has caused resentment among local people.
▪indignation anger and surprise about an unfair situation: His voice sounded full of indignation. | The scandal caused righteous indignation among opposition politicians.
▪ill/bad feeling anger between two people because of something that has happened: I had no ill feeling towards him.
▪rancour British English, rancor American English formal a feeling of anger and hatred towards someone who you cannot forgive because they harmed you in the past: Even though he had lost the court case, he had shown no rancour.
▪spleen formal anger, especially anger that is unreasonable: He vented his spleen (=said why he was angry)against the airline in an article in the Times.
ran‧cour
British English, rancor American English /ˈræŋkə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable]formal a feeling of hatred and anger towards someone you cannot forgive because they harmed you in the past ⇨ resentmentwithout rancour
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