English-Icelandic 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
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