Thesaurus: rankle

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1. a. To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively.
2. 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.
3. v. t. To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame.
4. v. gnaw into; make resentful or angry
5. v:100 v gnaw into; make resentful or angry