rancorousness
Lasting hostile resentment
Rancorousness is the quality of harboring deep, bitter resentment.
Where rancor is the feeling itself, rancorousness emphasizes its persistence as a character trait—someone marked by lasting ill will rather than momentary anger: The rancorousness of their feud poisoned every family gathering.
Active opposition or hostility
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- ill-willHostile or unkind feeling
- malevolenceActive ill will
spite · vendetta · acrimony · malice · vitriol · animus · contempt · disdain
Bitter ongoing rivalry
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- strifeAngry, prolonged conflict
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- tensionStretched or strained state
dispute · clash · discord · contention · squabble · bad blood · rivalry · estrangement
Persistent resentment toward someone
- umbrageOffense taken at insult
- indignationAnger from mistreatment
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
- displeasureMild anger or disapproval
offense · irritation · disgruntlement · sullenness · bitterness · pique · dudgeon · vexation
Rude, ungracious behavior
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
- harshnessUnsparing quality or manner
- irritabilityProneness to agitation
- peevishnessIrritable, querulous disposition
spleen · causticity · mordancy · acerbity · sourness · surliness · cantankerousness · grumpiness
antagonism
Active opposition or hostility
malevolence · spite · vendetta · acrimony · malice · vitriol · animus · contempt · disdain · spitefulness
feud
Bitter ongoing rivalry
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- strifeAngry, prolonged conflict
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
tension · dispute · clash · discord · contention · squabble · bad blood · rivalry · estrangement · schism
grudge
Persistent resentment toward someone
- umbrageOffense taken at insult
- indignationAnger from mistreatment
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
displeasure · offense · irritation · disgruntlement · sullenness · bitterness · pique · dudgeon · vexation · brooding
churlishness
Rude, ungracious behavior
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
- harshnessUnsparing quality or manner
- irritabilityProneness to agitation
peevishness · spleen · causticity · mordancy · acerbity · sourness · surliness · cantankerousness · grumpiness · moroseness
rancorousnessbenevolence
Disposition toward doing good
goodwill · warmth · kindliness · cordiality · friendliness
rancorousnessforgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
forgivingness · forbearance · clemency · mercy · mercifulness