| 单词 | rancorous |
| 释义 | rancorous (once / 10287 pages) adj The adjective rancorous comes in handy when you're describing someone's bitter grudge, like the attitude of your cousin who still won't speak to you after the April Fool's Day prank you played four years ago. A story can be rancorous, if it's full of resentment, and so can an argument, if it's particularly bitter and angry. The word rancorous can be traced back to the Latin word rancere, which means "to stink." This in turn led to rancorem, "bitterness or rancidness." When you speak to your arch enemy and your words are so angry and bitter that they almost stink, go ahead and describe them as rancorous. WORD FAMILYrancorous: rancorously+/rancor: rancorous, rancors USAGE EXAMPLESBoston police broadened their use of body cameras after months of rancorous testing. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) A drought earlier this year devastated food supplies, fueling the rancorous debate on China’s upstream activities that include six hydropower dams upstream. Washington Times(Dec 07, 2016) Rancorous Brexit negotiations, stagnant real wages and cuts to public services could fuel public discontent with mainstream politics. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) adj showing deep-seated resentment Syn resentful full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will |
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