Rankle

Word RANKLE
Character 6
Hyphenation ran kle
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Rankle"

What do we mean by rankle?

To cause persistent irritation or resentment. intransitive verb

To feel or express irritation or resentment about something. intransitive verb

To become sore or inflamed; fester. intransitive verb

To cause (someone) to feel irritated or resentful. intransitive verb

To operate rankly or with painful effect; cause inflammation or irritation; produce a festering wound: used of either physical or mental influences.

To continue or grow rank or strong; continue to be painful or irritating; remain in an inflamed or ulcerous condition; fester, as a physical or mental wound or sore.

To irritate; inflame; cause to fester.

To corrode.

To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame. transitive verb

To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively. intransitive verb

To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively intransitive verb

To cause irritation or deep bitterness. verb

To fester. verb

Gnaw into; make resentful or angry verb

To cause irritation or deep bitterness.

To fester.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Rankle

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The word "rankle" in example sentences

It was some days since I had seen Philip; but, weakly enough, I let the memory of that word rankle still. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

Lest that designation rankle supporters of 21-year-old Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby, whose statistical output at the top of the NHL scoring table is one point better than Ovechkin's (both trail the Penguins 'Evgeni Malkin, another 22-year-old prodigy), the point still holds: In a rink where the wall in the home dressing room reads "from failing hands we throw the torch," the league's standard has been handed to a new generation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

MUMBAI – Indian shares slumped Wednesday to their lowest level in more than two years, as weakness in regional markets and worries over a falling rupee continued to rankle investors. ❋ Khushita Vasant (2011)

Ratner, now 42, is almost as famous for his parties as he is for his career, another thing that seems to rankle his critics, but he insists he only ever wanted to be a film-maker; the money and women merely accompanied the success. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Guys like that rankle my fur like few other things ❋ Unknown (2009)

In an industry as massive as health care, changing a pervasive mechanism such as our code set is certain to rankle fear in many. ❋ Unknown (2011)

For agnostics like me, this is the good news -- however it may rankle true believers. ❋ Mark Matousek (2011)

Deals like the one he got rankle Californians at a time when the state's public employee pension plans are "dangerously underfunded, the result of overly generous benefit promises, wishful thinking and an unwillingness to plan prudently," a government-appointed panel of experts, the Little Hoover Commission, warned last month. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Senator Reid lives in the Ritz Carlton in Washington D.C. JAFFE: That might particularly rankle Nevadans who now suffer with the highest unemployment and foreclosure rates in the country. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Although Harbaugh was kidding, the comment did rankle some people in Pittsburgh, and perhaps elsewhere around the league. ❋ AP (2011)

Not quite, but when your shtick relies on nostalgia smart-bombs, inaccuracies rankle. ❋ James Kennedy (2011)

This strange division of labour could be irksome, as both men sometimes found, but they did not let it rankle. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The loss of Oscar must still rankle discerning moviegoers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Spain are in no need of compliments but it was still a tribute to them that England's prolonged defending did not rankle with the fans. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If true, that suggests a convenient contrivance so that Pakistan could avoid ownership of an operation certain to rankle with the notoriously anti-American public. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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