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Showing words for RANKLE using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Rankle

knarle, lanker, rankle

5 Letter Words for Rankle

anker, ankle, karen, kearn, knarl, laker, learn, naker, neral, nerka, ranke, renal

4 Letter Words for Rankle

aker, alen, anre, aren, arle, earl, earn, elan, eral, kale, kane, karn, kera, kerl, kern, klan, knar, kral, kran, krna, laen, laer, lake, lane, lank, lare, lark, larn, leak, lean, lear, lena, nael, nake, nale, nare, nark, neal, near, nerk, rake, rale, rane, rank, reak, real, rean, renk

3 Letter Words for Rankle

aer, ake, ale, alk, aln, ane, are, ark, arn, ean, ear, ela, elk, enl, era, erk, ern, kae, kal, kan, kea, ken, kln, kra, lak, lan, lar, lea, lek, ler, lnr, nae, nak, nar, nea, nek, ran, rea, rel, rle, rna

Definitions for Rankle

[1] (of unpleasant feelings, experiences, etc.) to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful.
[2] to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment in: His colleague's harsh criticism rankled him for days.
[3] (intr) to cause severe and continuous irritation, anger, or bitterness; fester his failure to win still rankles

Words related to Rankle

embitter, exasperate, inflame, bother, harass, vex, hurt, gall, rile, irk, torment, anger, chafe, fester, aggravate, pain, pester, nettle, plague, mortify

Words nearby Rankle

rankine cycle, rankine scale, ranking, ranking member, rankism, rankle, rankshift, ransack, ransom, ransome, ransomware

Origin of Rankle

1250–1300; Middle English ranclen < Middle French rancler, Old French raoncler, variant of draoncler to fester, derivative of draoncle a sore < Late Latin dracunculus small serpent, diminutive of Latin dracō serpent; see dragon, carbuncle

Other words from Rankle

ran·kling·ly , adverb
un·ran·kled , adjective

Word origin for Rankle

C14 ranclen , from Old French draoncler to fester, from draoncle ulcer, from Latin dracunculus small serpent, from dracō serpent; see dragon

Synonyms for Rankle

anger, bother, embitter, exasperate, gall, harass, hurt, inflame, irk, rile, torment, vex, aggravate, chafe, fester, fret, mortify, nettle, obsess, pain, pester, plague, get one's goat