RANKLING
Verb
rankling
present participle of rankle
Noun
rankling (plural ranklings)
A sensation that rankles.
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
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