RANKLES

Verb

rankles

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rankle

Anagrams

• Karlens

Source: Wiktionary

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.

Ran"kle, v. t.

Definition: To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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