English-Finnish translations for rankle

Definition of rankle

• A festering, embittering object or condition — either mental, or a physical sore or ulcer .Murray, J.A.H. The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary . Publisher: Oxford University Press. 1971.
• To cause irritation or deep bitterness
• To fester

Examples

• a splinter rankles in the flesh

Related words

• crankle
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