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Meanings of rankle in English

Catalan
amargar
Spanish
amargar

Gnaw into; make resentful or angry.

amargar
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Examples for "grate"
Examples for "grate"
1
But five years ago, this lifestyle began to grate, especially the drinking.
The Guardian
2
Night came; the crowd rushed to the grate to hear the muster-roll.
Zanoni
3
He tore the note in two and flung it into the grate.
Sunrise
4
Shake; strain into medium thin glass; grate Nutmeg on top and serve.
The Ideal Bartender
5
Shake well; strain into thin glass; grate Nutmeg on top and serve.
The Ideal Bartender
1
We fret over which areas will get flooded as sea levels rise.
Wired
2
Unfortunately, for now, there is far more to fret about than celebrate.
Reuters
3
The lily may grow; the man must fret and toil and spin.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World
4
We fret about mass extinction, but not enough to change our habits.
The Guardian
5
Don't fret, because no qualifications are necessary to trade as an accountant.
The Irish Times
1
The first rule of business is never to eat into your capital.
The power of one
2
It could also eat into the market share of so-called dark pools.
Reuters
3
We'll probably eat into a good share of your fortune, you'll see.'
The ice princess
4
And there was no way anything would eat into my climbing time.
Climbing Magazine
5
Any decline in discounts on prescription medicines would likely eat into profits.
Reuters
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
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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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