All 3 Uses of
rancor
in
Catch-22
- He stood speechless, lanky and gawking, with a scuffed basketball in his long hands as the seeds of rancor sown so swiftly by Colonel Cathcart took root in the soldiers around him who had been playing basketball with him and who had let him come as close to making friends with them as anyone had ever let him come before.†
Chpt 6rancor = deep and bitter anger or hatred
- In the spring he had longed to plant begonias and zinnias in a narrow bed around his tent but had been deterred by his fear of Corporal Whitcomb's rancor.†
Chpt 20 *
- 'In that case, you have us over a barrel —' said Colonel Korn without rancor.†
Chpt 40
Definition:
deep and bitter anger or hatred -- especially when long-standing