Rancoured

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. To retain a lasting sense of bitterness or enmity towards someone To hold on to feelings of deep-seated anger and animosity after an altercation To experience persistent ill feelings or grievances against another individual
2. To keep feelings of hostility and bitterness alive towards a person or situation
3. To maintain a strong sense of anger or animosity that does not fade over time

Etymology: "Rancoured" is the past form of "rancour," so its story belongs to that noun. "Rancour" came into English from Old French "rancour," which in turn descends from Late Latin "rancor," meaning rankness or bitterness. The Latin word was built from "rancere," to be rancid or stale, the same sense that gives English "rancid" its smell of spoiled food. That link explains the original picture. Rancour was first a figure of festering: a grievance left to sour like old fat, slowly going bad inside the mind. The emotional sense, a deep and lasting bitterness held against someone, grew naturally from that image of something kept too long and turned foul.

Synonyms: resentful, bitter, spiteful, vindictive, hostile

Antonyms: forgiving, friendly, benevolent, kind, amical