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ran·kle
 rankle
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- pronunciation:
- raeng
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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
rankles, rankling, rankled |
| definition: |
to cause continual bother or resentment.
The argument still rankles, though it happened last month.- similar words:
- annoy
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| related words: |
jar |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to irritate; annoy.
She rankled me with her absurd questions.- similar words:
- gall, needle, nettle, rasp
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| related words: |
aggravate, anger, embitter, exasperate, gnaw, incense, offend |
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| derivation: |
ranklingly (adv.) |
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