His bitter words still rankle in my mind.
Source: tatoeba (287814)
Rankle
//ˈɹæŋ.kəl//
Synonyms for "rankle" (159 found)
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Translations
32 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- забирам verb (to fester)
- загноявам verb (to fester)
- измъчвам verb (to cause irritation)
- мъча verb (to cause irritation)
Catalan
2 entries- crispar verb (to cause irritation)
- irritar verb (to cause irritation)
Czech
4 entries- hnisat verb (to fester)
- podebírat se verb (to fester)
- trápit verb (to cause irritation)
- štvát verb (to cause irritation)
Dutch
4 entries- etteren verb (to fester)
- irriteren verb (to cause irritation)
- steken verb (to cause irritation)
- twijfelen verb (to fester)
Galician
1 entries- alporizarse verb (to cause irritation)
Hungarian
2 entries- fáj verb (to cause irritation)
- sajog verb (to cause irritation)
Māori
2 entries- horu verb (to cause irritation)
- horu verb (to fester)
Polish
4 entries- boleć verb (to cause irritation)
- dręczyć verb (to cause irritation)
- jątrzyć verb (to fester)
- zaognić verb (to fester)
Russian
4 entries- гнои́ться verb (to fester)
- му́чить verb (to cause irritation)
- раздража́ть verb (to cause irritation)
- терзать verb (to cause irritation)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- gnjiliti verb (to fester)
- mučiti verb (to cause irritation)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
My colleague's gratuitous criticism still rankles with me.
Source: wiktionary
[…] and the alliance which was dictated by sound policy, by family ties, and by just fear of England's sea power, was further assured to France by recent and still existing injuries that must continue to rankle with Spain. […]
Source: wiktionary
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, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt I stood trembling with agony for the spear was rankling in the wound.
Source: wiktionary
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