VERB | emotion | rankle, eat into, fret, grate | gnaw into |
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Sounds | rae'ngkahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | gnaw into; make resentful or angry. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The bad news will rankle him | |
Example | "The injustice rankled her" | |
Synonyms | eat into, fret, grate | |
Broader | annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil | Cause annoyance in |
Spanish | amargar, carcomer, crispar, roer, supurar | |
Catalan | amargar, crispar |
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