rankle

== English == === Etymology === From 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”). === Pronunciation === (without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈɹæŋ.kəl/, [ˈɹæŋ.kl̩] (æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪ̯ŋ.kəl/, [ˈɹeɪ̯ŋ.kl̩], /ˈɹɛ̃ŋ.kəl/, [ˈɹɛ̃ŋ.kl̩] Rhymes: -æŋkəl Hyphenation: ran‧kle === Verb === rankle (third-person singular simple present rankles, present participle rankling, simple past and past participle rankled) (transitive or intransitive) To cause irritation, bitterness or acrimony. Synonyms: embitter, irritate 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XX, [1] I stood trembling with agony for the spear was rankling in the wound. (intransitive) To fester. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === rankle (plural rankles) (rare) A festering, embittering object or condition, either mental, or a physical sore or ulcer. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === KERNAL, Karlen, lanker