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rancorous

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈɹæŋ.kəɹ.əs/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ranceō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin rancor Old French rancorbor. Middle English rancour English rancor Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English rancorous From rancor + -ous.

  1. 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 cable broadcasters—or draw advertisers.

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