rankle
21rankle — v. n. 1. Fester, be inflamed. 2. Be embittered, become more bitter, grow more intense, be inflamed …
22rankle — verb (I) if something rankles, you still remember it angrily because it upset you or annoyed you a lot: a bitter dispute that still rankled months afterwards …
23rankle — verb Rumsfeld s remarks rankled the Palestinians Syn: cause resentment to, annoy, upset, anger, irritate, offend, affront, displease, provoke, irk, vex, pique, nettle, gall; informal rile, miff, peeve, aggravate, tick off …
24rankle — v (all of feelings) fester, rile, gall, irk, get, get to one, get one s goat; irritate, vex, provoke, pique, annoy, peeve, nettle, chafe, grate, get on [s.o. s] nerves, Inf. aggravate, Inf. give [s.o.] a pain, Inf. rub [s.o.] the wrong way;… …
25rankle — ran·kle …
26rankle — [ˈræŋk(ə)l] verb [I/T] if an action rankles, or if it rankles you, it continues to annoy or upset you for a long time …
27rankle — ran•kle [[t]ˈræŋ kəl[/t]] v. kled, kling 1) (of feelings, experiences, etc.) to continue to irritate or cause bitter resentment 2) to cause (a person) keen irritation or bitter resentment • Etymology: 1250–1300; ranclen < MF rancler, OF… …
28rankle — /ˈræŋkəl / (say rangkuhl) verb (i) (rankled, rankling) (of unpleasant feelings, experiences, etc.) to produce or continue to produce within the mind keen irritation or bitter resentment; fester; be painful. {Middle English rancle(n), from Old… …
29rankle — [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 …
30rankle — v.intr. 1 (of envy, disappointment, etc., or their cause) cause persistent annoyance or resentment. 2 archaic (of a wound, sore, etc.) fester, continue to be painful. Etymology: ME (in sense 2) f. OF rancler f. rancle, draoncle festering sore f.… …
