rancorous
/ˈɹæŋ.kəɹ.əs/
rancorous adjective: full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.
Adjective
rancorous (comparative more rancorous, superlative most rancorous)
- Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.
- rancorous speech
- Despite its attempt to provide what it saw as sober current-affairs programming in a sea of often-rancorous cable news channels, and winning some top awards in journalism, Al Jazeera America was unable to build an audience—it reached about 60 million households, compared to 100 million for other...2016 January 13, “The End of Al Jazeera America”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 13 Jan 2016
rancorous meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
rancorous in Urdu
- کینہ پرور
rancorous in Bengali
- তীব্র ঘৃণা, বিদ্বেষপূর্ণ
rancorous in Malayalam
- spiteful, bitter, hateful
- തീരാപ്പകയുള്ള, കൊടുവെെരമുള്ള, പകയുള്ള, വെെര, വിദ്വേഷമുള്ള, വിദ്വേഷി
Synonyms of rancorous
Forms of rancorous
| comparative | more rancorous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most rancorous |
| alternative form | rancourous |
Origin of rancorous
From rancor + -ous.
Words formed from rancorous
Questions about rancorous
- What does rancorous mean?
- Rancorous means full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.
- What is rancorous in Urdu?
- Rancorous in Urdu is کینہ پرور. See Rancorous meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is rancorous?
- Rancorous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce rancorous?
- Rancorous is pronounced /ˈɹæŋ.kəɹ.əs/ (UK).
Words near rancorous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rancorous (page history and authors); rancorous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rancorous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rancorous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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