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RANKLE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they rankle ... he / she / it rankles
Past simple: rankled
Past participle: rankled
-ing form: rankling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gnaw into; make resentful or angry
Example:
his resentment festered
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "rankle" is one way to...):
annoy; bother; chafe; devil; get at; get to; gravel; irritate; nark; nettle; rag; rile; vex (cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The bad news will rankle him
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