rankle
verb (used without object), ran·kled, ran·kling.
verb (used with object), ran·kled, ran·kling.
Origin of rankle
Synonyms for rankle
Related Words for rankled
embitter, exasperate, inflame, bother, harass, vex, hurt, gall, rile, irk, torment, anger, chafe, fester, aggravate, pain, pester, nettle, plague, mortifyExamples from the Web for rankled
Contemporary Examples of rankled
The cynics among us will be rankled at the description of a book as “inspiring,” but Massie is the genuine article.
If it rankled, it was because it forced the audience to take a long look at their own imperfections, their own broken families.
Her dogged willingness to keep the case in the spotlight has rankled authorities—which has only strengthened her resolve.
The promise so rankled the Taliban they issued a statement insisting that Pakistan should reject all foreign aid.
The family, and Jeb Bush in particular, manages to reconcile many of the tensions and contradictions that have rankled the party.
Historical Examples of rankled
The thing that rankled and filled him with a sense of failure was Max Wilson's attitude.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
After that more than ever rankled the memory of that first morning.
The Incomplete AmoristE. Nesbit
That same book,—how it rankled, like a barbed arrow, in his side!
Tony ButlerCharles James Lever
The thought that a man whom he had befriended was opposing him rankled deeply.
Rodney, the RangerJohn V. Lane
She could not apologise to him after hearing the accusation which rankled in his bosom.
Kept in the DarkAnthony Trollope