Rancorous: alternatives and connections

Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling.

A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).

The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary f…

Poisonous; malignant; malicious.

The East Indian name of a virulent poison extracted from Aconitum ferox or other species of aconite: also, the plant itself.

Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.

invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection

any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the…

a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"

Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; m…

Froward; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling.

Profoundly; thoroughly; not superficially; in a high degree; intensely; as, deeply skilled in ethics.

Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious.

Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless.

Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.

Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wicked.

Characteristic of a felon; malignant; fierce; malicious; cruel; traitorous; disloyal.

Having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious; in a legal sense, done with intent to commit a…