rancorous

adjective
UK: /ˈræŋkərəs/
US: /ˈræŋkərəs/

  1. Full of anger, bitterness, and bad feeling.

    1. He felt rancorous about the loss.
    2. The debate became rancorous, with participants exchanging insults and rancorous accusations.

Synonyms

resentful spiteful acrimonious venomous bitter

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The phonetic transcription of "rancorous" is /ˈræŋkərəs/ in British English and /ˈræŋkərəs/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "rancorous": resentful, spiteful, acrimonious, venomous, bitter.

Example usage of "rancorous": "He felt rancorous about the loss.". More examples on the page.