Rankling

Synonyms for "rankling" (55 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

Strong matches (17)

Related words (27)

Verb(8 words)
irritatingnagging memoryongoing controversyperennial issuepersistent irritantrankleresentful memoryunsettling

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

5 entries
emotional attributeemotional descriptoremotional responseirritateproblematic property

More specific

10 entries

Collocations

9 entries
rankling controversyrankling criticismrankling critiquerankling grievancerankling issuerankling memoryrankling resentmentrankling sense of injusticerankling wound

Inflections

4 entries
more ranklingmost ranklingrankledrankles

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I see the wife misused by her husband, I see the treacherous seducer of young women, / I mark the ranklings of jealousy and unrequited love attempted to be hid […]

Source: wiktionary

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