rankle

«rankle» in Mova's school dictionary: to keep causing hurt, anger or bitterness for a long… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (rankles, rankled, rankling)

meaning for a pupil

To rankle is to keep causing hurt, anger or bitterness for a long time, long after the event is over. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, a hurt or a love that keeps stinging the heart

examples

• The unkind words rankled for days. tree →
• The thorn of love rankled in his heart. tree →
• Even after the game, the lost penalty still rankled with him. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rankle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.