rankle
A festering, embittering object or condition, either mental, or a physical sore or ulcerA festering, embittering object or condition, either mental, or a physical sore or ulcer.
» Her behaviour rankles with me still.
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1 senses(rare)A festering, embittering object or condition, either mental, or a physical sore or ulcer.
Examples
3 sentencesHer behaviour rankles with me still.
His bitter words still rankle in my mind.
deSeine bitteren Worte wurmen mich noch immer. — PeterR
When his advances were rebuffed, he attempted to allay his rankled ego by publicly undermining her intelligence.
Origin
From Middle English ranklen, ranclen, from Old French rancler, räoncler, draoncler (“to ulFrom Middle English ranklen, ranclen, from Old French rancler, räoncler, draoncler (“to ulcerate, to form a boil”), from Old French draoncle (“a boil”), from Latin dracunculus (“little serpent”), diminutive of Latin dracō (“serpent, dragon”).
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