rancorous

The word “rancorous” has 3 syllables: ran-co-rous

It's pronounced as /ˈræŋkərəs/


What is synonym and antonym for rancorous?

In the thesaurus, “rancorous” has 43 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for rancorous along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for rancorous

Antonyms for rancorous

Meanings of rancorous

  • adjective
    1. Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.

Example Sentences

  • Despite their attempts to reconcile, their relationship remained rancorous with bitterness and resentment.
  • The rancorous debate in the council chamber escalated into personal attacks and heated arguments.
  • Years of rancorous disagreements between the two families finally came to an end with a formal apology.
  • The atmosphere in the courtroom was tense and rancorous as the opposing lawyers clashed over legal interpretations.
  • The political climate became increasingly rancorous as rival factions traded accusations and insults.

On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to rancorous, such as: acid, acrid, acrimonious, angry, begrudging, bitter, caring.

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Related Words

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obdurate

  • abusive
  • acrimonious
  • adamant
  • adamantine
  • affectless
  • anal-retentive
  • austere
  • barbarous
  • bestial
  • bloody-minded
  • boorish
  • brutal
  • brutish
  • bullhead
  • bullheaded
  • callous
  • cantankerous
  • case-hardened
  • cold
  • cold fish
  • cold-blooded
  • compassionless
  • confirmed
  • contrary
  • contumacious
  • cruel
  • cussed
  • deaf to reason
  • defiant
  • demanding
  • desensitized
  • determined
  • disagreeable
  • disobedient
  • dogged
  • evil-minded
  • exacting
  • firm
  • fixed
  • frosty
  • froward
  • grim
  • hanging tough
  • hard
  • hard-bitten
  • hard-boiled
  • hard-hearted
  • hard-line
  • hard-nosed
  • hard-shell
  • hard-shelled
  • hardened
  • hardheaded
  • harsh
  • hateful
  • headstrong
  • heartless
  • heavy-handed
  • heedless
  • hell-bent
  • hidebound
  • ill-natured
  • ill-tempered
  • immovable
  • implacable
  • inconsiderate
  • inconvincible
  • indomitable
  • indurate
  • inexorable
  • inflexible
  • inhuman
  • inhumane
  • insensate
  • insensitive
  • insubordinate
  • insurgent
  • intractable
  • intransigent
  • inveterate
  • invincible
  • iron
  • ironfisted
  • ironhanded
  • ironhearted
  • jackbooted
  • knock-down-and-drag-out
  • malevolent
  • malicious
  • mean
  • merciless
  • mulish
  • mutinous
  • narrow-minded
  • obsessive
  • obstinate
  • opinionated
  • oppressive
  • ossified
  • pachydermatous
  • pat
  • persistent
  • pertinacious
  • perverse
  • pigheaded
  • pitiless
  • rancorous
  • recalcitrant
  • refractory
  • relentless
  • remorseless
  • resolved
  • rigid
  • rough
  • rough-and-tumble
  • ruthless
  • savage
  • self-opinionated
  • self-willed
  • set
  • set in stone
  • severe
  • single-minded
  • slash-and-burn
  • sledgehammer
  • soulless
  • spiteful
  • steadfast
  • stern
  • stiff-necked
  • stoney
  • stony
  • stonyhearted
  • stouthearted
  • strict
  • stubborn
  • surly
  • take-no-prisoners
  • tenacious
  • thick-skinned
  • thoughtless
  • tough
  • unbending
  • uncaring
  • uncharitable
  • uncompassionate
  • uncompromising
  • unconquerable
  • uncooperative
  • unemotional
  • unfeeling
  • unflinching
  • unfriendly
  • ungentle
  • ungovernable
  • unimpressible
  • unloving
  • unmanageable
  • unmerciful
  • unregenerate
  • unrelenting
  • unruly
  • unshakable
  • unsparing
  • unsympathetic
  • unthinking
  • unyielding
  • vicious
  • virulent
  • wayward
  • wilful
  • willful
  • wrongheaded

pachydermatous

rabid

  • acrid
  • acrimonious
  • aggravated
  • aggressive
  • agitated
  • angered
  • angry
  • annoyed
  • antagonistic
  • antipathetic
  • antisocial
  • apoplectic
  • argumentative
  • assertive
  • ballistic
  • bang-bang
  • barbarous
  • bearish
  • bellicose
  • belligerent
  • bent out of shape
  • berserk
  • bigoted
  • bilious
  • bitten
  • bitter
  • blood-and-guts
  • blue in the face
  • boiling
  • bristling
  • bristly
  • brutal
  • burning
  • cantankerous
  • cataclysmal
  • cataclysmic
  • cheesed off
  • choleric
  • churlish
  • cold
  • combative
  • combustible
  • concentrated
  • contentious
  • contrary
  • convulsive
  • cool
  • corybantic
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • crazed
  • crazy
  • cross
  • cyclonic
  • delirious
  • demented
  • deranged
  • destructive
  • disagreeable
  • disapproving
  • disputatious
  • distant
  • dyspeptic
  • embittered
  • enflamed
  • enraged
  • enthusiastic
  • exasperated
  • excessive
  • exorbitant
  • explosive
  • extravagant
  • extreme
  • extremist
  • fanatic
  • fanatical
  • ferocious
  • fervent
  • feverish
  • fierce
  • fit to be tied
  • flipped
  • foaming
  • foaming at the mouth
  • frantic
  • freaked-out
  • frenetic
  • frenzied
  • fretful
  • frigid
  • fuming
  • furious
  • fussy
  • gladiatorial
  • going crook
  • grouchy
  • grumpy
  • hammer-and-tongs
  • high-pressured
  • hog-wild
  • hopping
  • hopping mad
  • horn-mad
  • hostile
  • hot
  • hot under the collar
  • huffy
  • icy
  • ill-humored
  • ill-tempered
  • immoderate
  • in a fume
  • in a huff
  • in a pet
  • incensed
  • indignant
  • inflamed
  • inflammable
  • infuriate
  • infuriated
  • inimical
  • inordinate
  • insane
  • intemperate
  • intense
  • intensive
  • intolerant
  • irascible
  • irate
  • ireful
  • irrational
  • irritable
  • keen
  • knock-down-and-drag-out
  • lavish
  • livid
  • lunatic
  • mad
  • mad-dog
  • malevolent
  • maniac
  • maniacal
  • narrow-minded
  • nutty
  • obsessed
  • ornery
  • outraged
  • overboard
  • overmuch
  • overweening
  • paroxysmal
  • passionate
  • peevish
  • perturbed
  • petulant
  • piqued
  • poisoned
  • pugnacious
  • put out
  • quarrelsome
  • querulous
  • quick-tempered
  • radical
  • raging
  • rancorous
  • rankled
  • ranting
  • raving
  • reactionary
  • resentful
  • revolutionary
  • revolutionist
  • riled
  • riley
  • roiled
  • rough
  • ruinous
  • savage
  • seething
  • shirty
  • sick
  • sizzling
  • smoking
  • smoldering
  • smouldering
  • snappish
  • sore
  • sorehead
  • soreheaded
  • spiteful
  • steamed up
  • steaming
  • stormy
  • subversive
  • sulky
  • teed off
  • tempestuous
  • testy
  • ticked
  • touchy
  • truculent
  • tumultuous
  • turbulent
  • ultra
  • ultraist
  • unconscionable
  • undue
  • unfriendly
  • unpleasant
  • vehement
  • vengeful
  • vicious
  • vindictive
  • violent
  • virulent
  • vitriolic
  • volatile
  • volcanic
  • wild
  • worked up
  • wrathful
  • wroth
  • zealous

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