| VERB | emotion | rankle, eat into, fret, grate | gnaw into |
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| Sounds | rae'ngkahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2065 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | gnaw into; make resentful or angry. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will rankle him | |
| Example | "The injustice rankled her" | |
| Synonyms | eat into, fret, grate | |
| Broader | annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil | Cause annoyance in |
| Catalan | amargar | |
| Spanish | amargar | |