rankle
11rankle — verb /ˈræŋ.kəl/ a) To cause irritation or deep bitterness. b) To fester. Syn: embitter, irritate, fester …
12rankle — Synonyms and related words: afflict, aggravate, agonize, ail, anger, annoy, arouse, be remembered, bite, bother, break up, bristle, burn, canker, chafe, convulse, corrupt, crucify, crumble, crumble into dust, cut, decay, decompose, disintegrate,… …
13rankle — v. (R) it rankled me that they got all the credit * * * [ ræŋk(ə)l] (R) it rankled me that they got all the credit …
14rankle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. fester, irritate, gall, pain. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. annoy, bother, pain, rile, nettle, mortify, chafe, fret, hurt, gall, irritate, inflame, fester, gnaw at, lie embedded; see also anger . III… …
15rankle — ran|kle [ˈræŋkəl] v [I and T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: draoncler, raoncler, from draoncle, raoncle sore place , from Latin dracunculus, from draco dragon ] if something rankles, you still remember it angrily because it upset you or …
16rankle — ran|kle [ ræŋkl ] verb intransitive or transitive if an action rankles or rankles you, it continues to annoy or upset you for a long time after it has happened: The document has rankled many party members …
17rankle — [14] Etymologically, if something rankles, it festers from the effects of a ‘dragon’s’ bite. Nowadays the word is only used metaphorically, but it originally meant literally ‘be sore, fester’. It was borrowed from Old French rancler, a variant of …
18rankle — [[t]ræ̱ŋk(ə)l[/t]] rankles, rankling, rankled VERB If an event or situation rankles, it makes you feel angry or bitter afterwards, because you think it was unfair or wrong. They paid him only ₤10 for it and it really rankled... [V with n] Britain …
19rankle — ran·kle || ræŋkl v. cause constant anger, persistently annoy or irritate …
20rankle — verb 1》 (of a comment or fact) cause continuing annoyance or resentment. ↘chiefly N. Amer. annoy or irritate. 2》 archaic (of a wound or sore) continue to be painful; fester. Origin ME: from OFr. rancler, from rancle, draoncle festering sore …
