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Meanings of rankle in English

Catalan
amargar
Spanish
amargar

Gnaw into; make resentful or angry.

amargar
Usage of rankle in English
1
New Zealand offers support, but issues around immigration and citizenship still rankle.
Radio NZ
2
That said; being too discreet may seem to rankle at times too!
The South African
3
Ideas rejected peremptorily at the time often rankle, and bear fruit by-and-bye.
Hard Cash
4
England snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and that will rankle.
The Irish Times
5
Age and fatigue tried to rankle, but he was not let them.
Oberheim (Voices): A Chronicle of War
6
Do the Pawnees wish the wounds they give their game to rankle?
The Prairie
7
That said; an overly softly-softly method may seem to rankle at times too!
The South African
8
Those criticisms still rankle, judging by Mr Blair's final words to the inquiry.
The Irish Times
9
Losing will be unpalatable but the manner of the loss should really rankle.
The Irish Times
10
But Salvini's hardline immigration stance appeared to rankle his coalition allies this week.
Reuters
11
The wounds inflicted in this desperate conflict continued to rankle for many years.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
12
He had the art of not overdoing: he left the arrow to rankle.
A Woman-Hater
13
Again I had that bitter laugh which was to rankle afterward in memory.
The Master of Appleby / A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part w...
14
The points that rankle are artificiality and lack of a history.
International Language, Past, Present & Future / With Specimens ...
15
The ill humor on account of the Dutch revolution continues to rankle here.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
16
Men, she told herself, do not forget these things; they rankle.
Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
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