rankleverb [ I ]
uk/ˈræŋ.kəl/us/ˈræŋ.kəl/to make someone annoyed or angry for a long time:
The unkind way in which his girlfriend left him still rankled with him long after.
[ + that ] It still rankles that she got promoted, and I didn't.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
- aggravate
- aggrieve
- alienate
- anger
- annoy
- burn
- give sb the shits idiom
- go too far idiom
- goat
- grate
- hack
- hack sb off
- nose
- ruffle sb's feathers idiom
- set sb's teeth on edge idiom
- step/tread on sb's toes idiom
- stick in sb's craw idiom
- stick in sb's throat idiom
- tee
- toe
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