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Definition of Rankling

Rankling
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 Rankling from wikipedia

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- 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...
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- wrote, was "talking squids in outer space." The latter phrase particularly rankled advocates of science fiction and frequently recurs when her writing is...
- 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...
- 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...