gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
rankle
How to use rankle in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for rankle.
Editorial note
So the bits that you can't get Plan9-ish might rankle someone.
Quick take
gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
Meaning at a glance
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for rankle.
verb
gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
Example sentences
So the bits that you can't get Plan9-ish might rankle someone.
The first three hours of free work you do for someone can feel great, but eventually it will rankle.
But I am concerned that asking for 'daily' pay and not putting in the same hours might start to rankle.
It was always a good read but the monolithic "insight" started to rankle after a while.
I can also understand that smug corrective comments might rankle and prompt objections.
Once GS gets big enough to rankle a company with big enough legal pockets, it's going to go the way of the dodo.
It's a somewhat antagonistic statement, and those can rankle.
This may rankle those whose paychecks are predicated upon the status quo, but it doesn't affect our shifting morals.
A carrier agnostic phone number and free data-based SMSes must rankle carriers, but it does at least require voice minutes.
" One of the first things Ballmer said to rankle the punditry after Gates' retirement is that Microsoft had to move beyond that.
Trying to get a rankle out of people who disagree with you by trying to pin them as irrational "haters" is not discourse, it's propaganda.
A 10 percent increase in income tax would rankle anybody making over ~150k/yr, and that's assuming the best whole family plans.
This is probably unreasonable, but three mentions of amoeba in terms of sexual reproduction really rankle.
I respect that, though it does rankle when they also complain to congress about the shortage of good programmers when this shortage is almost built-in to their hiring process.
Personally, I would far rather be in a Scotland that is independent, free of Trident and part of the EU than left as an appendage to London in the Former UK.[Sadly, I suspect we won't get indepedence, but I rankle a bit at this being described as "strange"]
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use rankle in a sentence?
So the bits that you can't get Plan9-ish might rankle someone.
What does rankle mean?
gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
What part of speech is rankle?
rankle is commonly used as verb.