Rankled
[ræŋkəld]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Rankle
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Examples
- It would have rankled in me more than it did, if I had not regarded myself as eliciting it by being so set apart for her and assigned to her. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Emanuel's soul rankled a chronic suspicion that I knew both Greek and Latin. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The suspected prior attachment rankled in his heart. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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