Definition of Rankled. Meaning of Rankled. Synonyms of Rankled

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Rankled. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Rankled and, of course, Rankled synonyms and on the right images related to the word Rankled.

Definition of Rankled

Rankled
Rankle Ran"kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rankled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rankling.] [From Rank, a.] 1. To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively. A malady that burns and rankles inward. --Rowe. This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people. --Burke. 2. 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.

Meaning of Rankled from wikipedia

- Resentment (also called ranklement or bitterness) is a complex, multilayered emotion that has been described as a mixture of disappointment, disgust and...
- Alan Rankle (born 1952 in Oldham, England) is a British artist and is part of the duo Rankle & Reynolds. [citation needed] During a thirty-year career...
- nation's largest city, a degree of influence for an unelected official that rankled some critics. His efforts to meld private profit with the public good defined...
- parents we met believed that their sons were better than their daughters. It rankled. I couldn't understand why, but from that moment, I vowed to help those...
- details some of Neuralink's research, although Musk's being listed as such rankled the Neuralink team's researchers. At a 2020 live demonstration, Musk described...
- of the Garter and failure to appoint him Master-General of the Ordnance rankled with the ambitious Earl; nor did Marlborough conceal his bitter disappointment...
- wrote, was "talking squids in outer space." The latter phrase particularly rankled advocates of science fiction and frequently recurs when her writing is...
- people of faiths outside of Christianity. ... The use of BCE and CE have rankled some Christians McKim, Donald K (1996). "C. E.". Westminster dictionary...
- sacred building, and then, without reason, blew it up. 'This affair will rankle for generations in the heart of world Jewry,' predicted one Foreign Office...
- 2024. Andrabi, Kaisar (28 February 2024). "Modi-backed Article 370 film rankles as political jousting moves to cinema". South China Morning Post. Darade...