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verb (used without object)
1.
(of unpleasant feelings, experiences, etc.) to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful.
verb (used with object)
2.
to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment in: His colleague's harsh criticism rankled him for days.
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Rankle
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English ranclen < Middle French rancler, Old French raoncler, variant of draoncler to fester, derivative of draoncle a sore < Late Latin dracunculus small serpent, diminutive of Latin dracō serpent; see dragon, carbuncle
1250–1300; Middle English ranclen < Middle French rancler, Old French raoncler, variant of draoncler to fester, derivative of draoncle a sore < Late Latin dracunculus small serpent, diminutive of Latin dracō serpent; see dragon, carbuncle
Related forms
ran·kling·ly, adverb
un·ran·kled, adjective
Synonyms
1, 2. irritate, gall, chafe.
1, 2. irritate, gall, chafe.
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Example Sentences
- It tends to rankle religious hardliners, but that's all right.
- Yet their unfair advantages, of money and connections, rankle with honest citizens who never collaborated.
- In a business that is only casually regulated by copyright laws, the steady proliferation of red-carpet adaptations can rankle.
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Word Origin & History
rankle
c.1320, from O.Fr. rancler, from draoncle "abscess, festering sore," from L. dracunculus "little snake," dim. of draco (gen. draconis) "serpent, dragon." The notion is of an ulcer caused by a snake's bite.
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