verb
- to cause persistent irritation, resentment, or bitterness
Examples
- His unfair criticism continued to rankle her weeks later.
- The defeat still rankles with the team's supporters.
- It rankles me that he got credit for my idea.
- The injustice of the decision rankled in his mind.
- Her dismissive comment rankled him for days.
- The memory of that insult still rankles.