rancorous (adj.)
- acerb
- acerbic
- acid
- acidic
- acidulent
- acidulous
- acrid
- acrimonious
- antagonistic
- antipathetic
- belligerent
- bitter
- burning
- caustic
- choleric
- clashing
- conflicting
- despiteful
- evil
- hateful
- hostile
- implacable
- irreconcilable
- malevolent
- malicious
- malign
- malignant
- punitive
- punitory
- quarrelsome
- repugnant
- resentful
- retaliatory
- revengeful
- sore
- spiteful
- splenetic
- unappeasable
- vengeful
- venomous
- vicious
- vindicatory
- vindictive
- virulent
- vitriolic
- wicked