Rankle(a.) To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively.
Rankle(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.
Rankle(v. t.) To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame.
Rankled(imp. & p. p.) of Rankle
Rankling(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rankle

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