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rankled Definition


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rankle
verb
    intr
    rankled, rankling
    1. To continue to cause feelings of annoyance or bitterness.
      Example: His refusal still rankles
      Thesaurus: fester, gall, gnaw.
Etymology: 16c in this sense; 14c, meaning ‘to fester, suppurate': from French raoncle or rancle, variant of draoncle festering sore, from Latin dracunculus a small dragon.



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