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1. (v.i.) rankle
(of feelings, experiences, etc.) to continue to irritate or cause bitter resentment.
2. (v.t.) rankle
to cause (a person) keen irritation or bitter resentment.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ranclen < MF rancler, OF raoncler, var. of draoncler to fester, der. of draoncle a sore < LL dracunculus small serpent, dim. of L dracō serpent; see dragon , carbuncle)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) eat into, fret, rankle, grate
gnaw into; make resentful or angry
"The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
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1. (adj) rankle
to become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively
2. (adj) rankle
to produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom
3. (verb) rankle
to cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame
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