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

Definitions

1. adjective. To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively.
2. adjective. 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.
3. transitive verb. To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame.
4. verb. gnaw into; make resentful or angry

   "The injustice rankled her"

   "his resentment festered"

   Synonyms: fret, grate

Synonyms

fret, grate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rankle:

knarle, lanker

Common word forms

rankled, rankles, rankling

Words from these letters

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