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Rankle meaning
To cause irritation, bitterness or acrimony. | To fester.
Example sentences (11)
In a season in which every team have shown flaws, it will rankle at Arsenal that they have been unable to apply pressure on the Premier League leaders for a second straight weekend.
Indeed, the branding operation that has won plaudits and helped to get the Government's message across could even begin to rankle with some of his colleagues.
That will rankle the diggers.
If you can’t watch an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie without pointing out that he’s only reloaded his gun once in two hours’ solid shooting, this one’s sure to rankle with you too.
In another move certain to rankle with Moscow, Trump said on Wednesday he was considering sanctions over Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project and warned Germany against being dependent on Russia for energy.
She quickly reveals a big reform plan to be announced at the Labour conference, which begins in Brighton this weekend, that she believes will help address some of the unfairnesses that rankle with her.
He was willing to rankle conservatives over the liturgy and progressives over moral theology if that was the price of following his conscience.
I am sure it will rankle with Aberdeen manager McInnes that the Dons have lifted only one trophy since he came to the club.
That's not a surprise, but it's guaranteed to rankle the Portland Business Alliance flipped out about the project last year.
That we blew an entire day there instead of seeing more of Guadalajara’s exquisite offerings will rankle for a while.
There is, of course, room for improvement but the 29-year-old sits comfortably high in the table looking at his passing stats, at odds with the critics who rankle at missed passes.