English-Thai Dictionary

rankle

VI คับแค้นใจ  เจ็บแสบ  anger pain kab-kan-jai

 

rankle

VT ทำให้ คับแค้นใจ  ทำให้ เจ็บแสบ  aggravate embitter tam-hai-kab-kan-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RANKLE

v.i.[from rank. ] 1. To grow more rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; as a rankling wound.
A malady that burns and rankles inward.
2. To become more violent; to be inflamed; to rage; as rankling malice; rankling envy. Jealousy rankles in the breast.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RANKLE

Ran "kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rankled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rankling.]Etym: [From Rank, a.]

 

1. To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively. A malady that burns and rankles inward. Rowe. This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people. Burke.

 

2. To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom.

 

RANKLE

RANKLE Ran "kle, v. t.

 

Defn: To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rankle

ran kle |ˈraNGkəl ˈræŋkəl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 archaic (of a wound or sore ) continue to be painful; fester. 2 (of a comment, event, or fact ) cause annoyance or resentment that persists: the casual manner of his dismissal still rankles. • [ with obj. ] annoy or irritate (someone ): Lisa was rankled by his assertion. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French rancler, from rancle, draoncle ‘festering sore, ’ from an alteration of medieval Latin dracunculus, diminutive of draco ‘serpent. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

rankle

ran ¦kle |ˈraŋk (ə )l | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 (of a comment or fact ) cause continuing annoyance or resentment: the casual manner of his dismissal still rankles. • [ with obj. ] annoy or irritate (someone ): Lisa was rankled by his assertion. 2 archaic (of a wound or sore ) continue to be painful; fester. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French rancler, from rancle, draoncle ‘festering sore ’, from an alteration of medieval Latin dracunculus, diminutive of draco ‘serpent ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

rankle

rankle verb she'd always rankled certain people with her independence and forthrightness: cause resentment to, annoy, upset, anger, irritate, offend, affront, displease, provoke, irk, vex, pique, nettle, gall; informal rile, miff, peeve, aggravate, tick off.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

rankle

rankle verb their insults still rankle with Martin: cause resentment to, cause annoyance to, annoy, upset, anger, irritate, offend, affront, displease, exasperate, infuriate, provoke, irk, vex, pique, nettle, gall, gnaw at, eat away at, grate on; fester; informal rile, miff, peeve, aggravate, hack off; Brit. informal nark; N. Amer. informal tick off; vulgar slang piss off.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

rankle

ran kle /rǽŋk (ə )l /動詞 自動詞 〈侮辱的な出来事 行為が 〉【人の 】心を痛める, 心にうずく [残る ] «with » .他動詞 〈人 〉を苦しめる .