Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rankle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rankle \Ran"kle\, v. t.
To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame. [R.] --Beau. &
Fl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rankle
v : gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The unjustice rankled
her" [syn: {eat into}, {fret}, {grate}]
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