All 4 Uses of
rankle
in
The Scarlet Letter
- But she has no great tenderness even in her best of moods, and, sooner or later—oftener soon than late—is apt to fling off her nestlings with a scratch of her claw, a dab of her beak, or a rankling wound from her barbed arrows.†
Chpt Intr.
- In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvellous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.†
Chpt 2 *
- Pearl felt the sentiment, and requited it with the bitterest hatred that can be supposed to rankle in a childish bosom.†
Chpt 6
- You burrow and rankle in his heart!†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(rankle) to annoy or make angry -- often over a long period of time