Rankleverb
To cause irritation or deep bitterness.
Rankleverb
(intransitive) To fester.
Rankleverb
To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; - used literally and figuratively.
Rankleverb
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.
Rankleverb
To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame.
Rankleverb
gnaw into; make resentful or angry;
Ranklementnoun
The state of being rankled; resentment