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   rankle

   /ˈraŋkl/

   verb

   • 1. (of a comment or fact) cause continuing annoyance or resentment: "the casual manner of his dismissal still rankles"
   • ▪ annoy or irritate (someone): "Lisa was rankled by his assertion"
   • 2. (of a wound or sore) continue to be painful; fester: archaic "the wound is but skinned over and rankles still at the bottom"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French rancler, from rancle, draoncle ‘festering sore’, from an alteration of medieval Latin dracunculus, diminutive of draco ‘serpent’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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