rankle
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1. rankle - Noun
2. rankle - Adjective
3. rankle - Verb
Meaning
To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively.
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.
To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame.
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If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a temporary victory - sometimes but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will.
If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will.
If what the eye sees does not rankle in the heart Sweet is the flow of life in travel spent.
The injustice rankled her
his resentment festered
Indeed, the branding operation that has won plaudits and helped to get the Government's message across could even begin to rankle with some of his colleagues.