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Showing words for RANKLING using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Rankling

rankling

7 Letter Words for Rankling

ankling, lanking, larking, larning, ranking

6 Letter Words for Rankling

arking, arling, girnal, kangri, laking, nargil, ningal, raglin, raking

5 Letter Words for Rankling

agrin, aking, algin, align, alkin, argil, argin, garni, glaik, glair, glink, gnarl, grail, grain, grank, inark, ingan, kaing, kiang, kilan, klang, knarl, krang, krina, lakin, langi, larin, liang, ligan, linga, nigra, ranli, rinka

4 Letter Words for Rankling

agin, agni, airn, akin, alin, anil, anni, aril, arni, gail, gain, gair, gali, gari, garn, gila, gink, ginn, girl, girn, glar, glia, gnar, gran, grin, ikan, ikra, ilka, inga, irak, iran, kail, kain, kali, kang, karn, kiln, kina, king, kirn, klan, knag, knar, kral, kran, krna, laik, lain, lair, lang, lank, lari, lark, larn, liar, lina, ling, link, linn, lira, lirk, nagi, naig, naik, nail, nain, nark, ngai, nina, nirl, ragi, raik, rail, rain, raki, rang, rank, rann, rial, riga, ring, rink

3 Letter Words for Rankling

agr, aik, ail, ain, air, alg, alk, aln, ann, arg, ark, arn, gal, gan, gar, gin, gra, ign, ilk, ing, ink, inn, ira, irk, kai, kal, kan, kgr, kil, kin, kir, kln, kra, lag, lai, lak, lan, lar, lig, lin, lir, lnr, nag, nak, nar, nig, nil, rag, rai, ran, ria, rig, rin, rna

Definitions for Rankling

[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 Rankling

rankleupsetting, disturbing, annoying, irritating, galling, painful

Words nearby Rankling

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

Origin of Rankling

e1250–1300; 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 Rankling

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

Word origin for Rankling

eC14 ranclen , from Old French draoncler to fester, from draoncle ulcer, from Latin dracunculus small serpent, from dracō serpent; see dragon

Synonyms for Rankling

annoying, disturbing, galling, irritating, upsetting, painful