Definition of rankle

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Rankle (a.) 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..

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Rankle :: Rankle (a.) 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..
Fester :: Fester (v. t.) To cause to fester or rankle.
Rankled :: Rankled (imp. & p. p.) of Rankl.
Crankle :: Crankle (v. i.) To bend, turn, or wind..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle; as, rancor frets in the malignant breast..
Fester :: Fester (n.) To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle..
Crankle :: Crankle (n.) A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.
Rankle :: Rankle (a.) To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively..
Rankle :: Rankle (v. t.) To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame.
Crankle :: Crankle (v. t.) To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle..
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