Category:Rankle

Ran"kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rankled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rankling.] Etym: [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.

Rankle Ran"kle, v. t.

Defn: to cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame. [r.] Beau. & fl.