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How to pronounce rankle in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms eat into, fret, grate
Type of annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex


The injustice rankled her.

Examples of rankle

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And that's something which will rankle the design-conscious masses of Mac users.
From the techcrunch.com
The veiled threats of military action against Taiwan also never fail to rankle.
From the forbes.com
She cashed the check, but the events leading up to her diagnosis still rankle.
From the washingtonpost.com
Of the three it was the overtime loss that seemed to rankle Auriemma the most.
From the washingtonpost.com
Does it not rankle that everyone goes on about Flintoff and the 2005 Ashes winners?
From the guardian.co.uk
It will be, and this should rankle the most, the price we pay for democracy.
From the ocregister.com
That puts you in a precarious position that can rankle folks from all sides.
From the cnn.com
Swift's momentum will carry her here, though it's sure to rankle Music City purists.
From the freep.com
Both are viewed as non-ideological and have the potential to rankle liberal Democrats.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Eat into: gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
  • Alan Rankle (born 1952, Oldham, England) is a British artist and is part of the duo Rankle & Reynolds. During a thirty-year career he has worked primarily as a painter. He explores social and environmental issues of the day through Landscape Art.
  • (Rankles) Resentment can be triggered by an emotionally disturbing experience felt again or relived in the mind. When the person feeling resentment is directing the emotion at themself it appears as remorse.
  • To cause irritation or deep bitterness; To fester