rancorous
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Synonyms & Antonyms for rancorous
Synonyms
acrid, acrimonious, bitter, embittered, hard, resentful, sore
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Charles and David split their shares of Koch Industries equally after buying out two other brothers in a rancorous and hugely litigious breakup. — Suzanne Goldenberg, Washington Post, "How the Kochs built their business — and their power," 16 Aug. 2019 The first is a split over Donald Trump far more rancorous and damaging than most non-evangelicals appreciate. — The Economist, "The Southern Baptists are beset by two related fiascos," 15 June 2019 The golden girl The EU selected Kristalina Georgieva as its candidate to head the IMF, but only after the rancorous exercise concluded with some telephone diplomacy. — The Economist, "Business this week," 10 Aug. 2019 That was surpassed only by the month of November 2016 surrounding the rancorous presidential race won by Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton, when reported hate crimes nationally soared to 758 incidents. — Astrid Galvan, Twin Cities, "Trump words linked to more hate crime? Some experts think so," 7 Aug. 2019 Eighty-one of the world’s top classical musicians were locked out of symphony hall during a rancorous labor dispute. — Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com, "Why is it so hard to keep an orchestra afloat? The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is not alone in its woes.," 2 Aug. 2019 Saffron unleashed a rancorous speech about Bykofsky, whose columns have long drawn the ire of some of Philly’s residents. — Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post, "A polarizing columnist had a goodbye party after 47 years. Then his nemesis took the mic.," 17 July 2019 This nascent comeback has opened a rancorous breach between California’s agricultural community, which fears losing livestock to wolf attacks, and its environmentalists, who have been galvanized by the idea of an iconic predator resurrected. — Ingfei Chen, The New Yorker, "The Persuasive Power of the Wolf Lady," 29 May 2019 The walkout marked Oregon’s most rancorous legislative session in memory. — Andrew Selsky, The Seattle Times, "Oregon senator, a war veteran, now under fire for threats," 8 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rancorous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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