Dictionary Entry
rankle
rankle is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 4 senses
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- 1adjective
To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively.
- 2adjective
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.
- 3transitive verb
To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame.
- 4verb
gnaw into; make resentful or angry
"The injustice rankled her"
"his resentment festered"
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