rancorous

Day 32Level 2

RAN-kuh-rus

bitterly resentful

Part of Speech: adjective

Synonyms:

virulent, acrimonious, hard

Antonyms:

genial, sweet, pleasant

Example Sentence:

Unusually rancorous medical debate over the diagnosis and treatment of a poorly understood disease.

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