Rankled

"Rankled" in a Sentence (2 examples)

When his advances were rebuffed, he attempted to allay his rankled ego by publicly undermining her intelligence.

Still deep in her heart rankled the judgment of Paris and the injustice of her scorned beauty, and the hated race, and the honors of kidnapped Ganymede.

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