Explore Rankle through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like vex or gravel. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Rankle meaning
- To cause irritation, bitterness or acrimony.
- To fester.
Synonyms of Rankle
Using Rankle
- The main meaning on this page is: To cause irritation, bitterness or acrimony. | To fester.
- Useful related words include: eat into, vex, gravel, nettle.
- In the example corpus, rankle often appears in combinations such as: to rankle, rankle with, will rankle.
Context around Rankle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rankle
- In this selection, "rankle" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, conservatives stand out and add context to how "rankle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include begin to rankle with some and certain to rankle with moscow. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rankle" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rankle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That will rankle the diggers. (5 words)
That we blew an entire day there instead of seeing more of Guadalajara’s exquisite offerings will rankle for a while. (21 words)
That's not a surprise, but it's guaranteed to rankle the Portland Business Alliance flipped out about the project last year. (22 words)
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. (36 words)
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. (34 words)
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. (34 words)
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.
Common combinations with rankle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to rankle 5×
- rankle with 5×
- will rankle 4×
- rankle at 2×
- rankle the 2×