Even now, many years after the Cold War, there is still much rancor between the Russians and the Germans, especially in areas once occupied by the Soviet Union.
Source: tatoeba (1968)
Rancor
//ˈɹæŋkəɹ//
Synonyms for "rancor" (68 found)
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Related words (34)
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2 entriesderived
4 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesform of
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7 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 23 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- քեն noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Asturian
1 entries- rancor noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Bulgarian
3 entries- злоба noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- ненавист noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- омраза noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Catalan
1 entries- rancúnia noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 仇恨 noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- 怨恨 noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- 敵意 /敌意 noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Czech
3 entries- nenávist noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- nevraživost noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- zášť noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Dutch
2 entries- rancune noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- wrok noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Finnish
3 entries- katkeruus noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- kauna noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- viha noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
French
1 entries- rancune noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Galician
2 entries- rancor noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- xenreira noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
German
1 entries- Groll noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Hebrew
1 entries- איבה noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Hungarian
2 entries- gyűlölet noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- rosszakarat noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Irish
1 entries- aicis noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Italian
1 entries- rancore noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Māori
3 entries- hūneinei noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- hūngeingei noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- kaikino noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Occitan
1 entries- rancura noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Polish
2 entries- uraza noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- żal noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Portuguese
1 entries- rancor noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Romanian
3 entries- pică noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- ranchiună noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- rancoare noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Russian
2 entries- затаённая не́нависть noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- злопа́мятство noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Spanish
1 entries- rencor noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Turkish
2 entries- hiddet noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
- öfke noun (the deepest malignity or spite)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The study results suggest there is a very real human toll to the divisiveness and rancor that has gripped the nation since the president's election.
Source: tatoeba (11058950)
There was no rancor in her farewell—only quiet resignation.
Source: tatoeba (13571136)
I could almost see the rancor in his eyes when he challenged me to a fight.
Source: wiktionary
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