Thesaurus / rancor
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Washington has hardly missed the rancor and disingenuous narratives about the 2012 terrorist attack on American outposts in Libya and the 10 separate investigations into it.
BY MAKING THE JAN. 6 PROBE POLITICAL, REPUBLICANS STAND TO RE-RUN BENGHAZI PLAYBOOKPHILIP ELLIOTTJULY 14, 2021TIMEIt was a partisan close to a term in which the justices had successfully decided many controversial cases without rancor.
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS ARIZONA VOTING LAWS THAT LOWER COURT FOUND WERE UNFAIR TO MINORITIESROBERT BARNESJULY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTLost in the rancor is the simple fact that Sugimoto’s design would make substantial improvements to the garden, which wants care and renovation.
HOW A ROCK WALL AND POOL OF WATER HAVE THROWN A WRENCH INTO THE REDESIGN OF HIRSHHORN SCULPTURE GARDENPHILIP KENNICOTTAPRIL 16, 2021WASHINGTON POSTOthers like Comcast and Marriott also decided to hit pause on their giving while they assess if funding the rancor in Washington is good for their brand.
MITCH MCCONNELL TRIES TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS ON CORPORATE CASHPHILIP ELLIOTTAPRIL 7, 2021TIMEAn unconventional President facing a restive public and a re-election campaign portended partisan rancor and possible electoral upheaval.
2020: WATCH THE YEAR IN REVIEWJEFFREY KLUGERDECEMBER 11, 2020TIMEHe wondered if so handsome a girl shared the common rancor of her age and sex against charming young widows.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONAnd he spoke sincerely, for he began to see that he would learn little from the display of rancor and temper that moved them all.
IN THE ONYX LOBBYCAROLYN WELLSIn a word, devotion is only calculated to fill the heart with a bitter rancor, that banishes peace and harmony from society.
LETTERS TO EUGENIAPAUL HENRI THIRY HOLBACHIt is not the sermon I mind, but all the dislike and jealousy and rancor it will cause.
MY NEW CURATEP.A. SHEEHANGenerosity was on his side alone, because he alone had a right to feel rancor.
MY RECOLLECTIONS OF LORD BYRONTERESA GUICCIOLIWORDS RELATED TO RANCOR
- animality
- barbarism
- barbarity
- bestiality
- bloodthirstiness
- brutality
- brutishness
- callousness
- coarseness
- coldness
- depravity
- despotism
- ferocity
- fiendishness
- fierceness
- hard-heartedness
- heartlessness
- inhumanity
- insensibility
- insensitiveness
- malice
- malignity
- masochism
- mercilessness
- murderousness
- persecution
- rancor
- ruthlessness
- sadism
- savageness
- severity
- spite
- spitefulness
- torture
- truculence
- truculency
- unfeelingness
- unkindness
- venom
- viciousness
- wickedness
- acerbity
- acidity
- acridity
- acrimony
- aspersion
- banter
- bitterness
- burlesque
- causticity
- causticness
- censure
- comeback
- contempt
- corrosiveness
- criticism
- cut
- cynicism
- derision
- dig
- disparagement
- flouting
- invective
- irony
- lampooning
- mockery
- mordacity
- mordancy
- put-down
- raillery
- rancor
- ridicule
- satire
- scoffing
- scorn
- sharpness
- sneering
- superciliousness
- wisecrack
- animality
- barbarism
- barbarity
- bestiality
- bloodthirstiness
- brutality
- brutishness
- callousness
- coarseness
- coldness
- depravity
- despotism
- ferocity
- fiendishness
- fierceness
- hard-heartedness
- heartlessness
- inhumanity
- insensibility
- insensitiveness
- malice
- malignity
- masochism
- mercilessness
- murderousness
- persecution
- rancor
- ruthlessness
- sadism
- savageness
- savagery
- severity
- spite
- spitefulness
- torture
- truculency
- unfeelingness
- unkindness
- venom
- viciousness
- wickedness
- animality
- barbarism
- barbarity
- bestiality
- bloodthirstiness
- brutality
- brutishness
- callousness
- coarseness
- coldness
- depravity
- despotism
- ferocity
- fiendishness
- fierceness
- hard-heartedness
- heartlessness
- inhumanity
- insensibility
- insensitiveness
- malice
- malignity
- masochism
- mercilessness
- murderousness
- persecution
- rancor
- ruthlessness
- sadism
- savageness
- savagery
- severity
- spite
- spitefulness
- torture
- truculence
- unfeelingness
- unkindness
- venom
- viciousness
- wickedness
- acerbity
- acrimony
- animosity
- animus
- annoyance
- antagonism
- bad feeling
- bitterness
- choler
- cynicism
- displeasure
- dudgeon
- embitterment
- exacerbation
- exasperation
- fog
- fury
- gall
- grudge
- huff
- hurt
- ill feeling
- ill will
- indignation
- ire
- irritation
- malice
- malignity
- miff
- offense
- outrage
- passion
- perturbation
- pique
- rage
- rancor
- rancorousness
- resentfulness
- rise
- spite
- umbrage
- vehemence
- vexation
- virulency
- wrath
- acerbity
- acrimony
- animosity
- animus
- annoyance
- antagonism
- bad feeling
- bitterness
- choler
- cynicism
- displeasure
- dudgeon
- embitterment
- exacerbation
- exasperation
- fog
- fury
- gall
- grudge
- huff
- hurt
- ill feeling
- ill will
- indignation
- ire
- irritation
- malice
- malignity
- miff
- offense
- outrage
- passion
- perturbation
- pique
- rage
- rancor
- rancorousness
- resentfulness
- rise
- spite
- umbrage
- vehemence
- vexation
- virulence
- wrath
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