Usage Note
Rancunier describes a person who holds grudges rather than forgetting offences. The feminine form is rancunière. The related noun rancune means 'grudge' and appears in the idiom sans rancune ('no hard feelings'), the exact opposite spirit.
Examples
"Elle est trop rancunière pour pardonner."
Natural Translation
She is too resentful to forgive.

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