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to annoy or make angry — often over a long period of time

Her insults still rankle in my mind.

Administrators are rankled by the drop in their school's ranking in US News.
The injustice rankled her
Atticus's remarks were still rankling, which made me miss the request in Jem's question.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

rankling = causing annoyance

Chloe made a face at her, but it wasn't a mean one, more just rankled irritation.
Sarah Dessen -- This Lullaby
Yet a new hate had come to take the place of the rankling racial hate.
Richard Wright -- Black Boy
I tried to stay calm, but the way he spat the word out—Blue—rankled my already frayed nerves.
Alexandra Bracken -- The Darkest Minds
The memory of Fair Isle still rankled in the iron captain's memory.
George R.R. Martin -- A Dance With Dragons
Now, I like war, and I love doing my job, but it rankled me that the Navy wasn't keeping its word.
Chris Kyle -- American Sniper
Nevertheless, it can do no harm to say that kind words never rankle, while bitter words do.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Deerslayer
Why do you always act like God Almighty," he continued with rankling bitterness.
Thomas Wolfe -- Look Homeward, Angel
Therefore I, where thou seest, am lost, and going thus robed I rankle.
Dante Alighieri -- Dante's Inferno
She did not betray fully what still rankled in her mind as Tom's great offence,—the insults he had heaped on Philip.
George Eliot -- The Mill on the Floss
This affront of Cleve's would rankle in him.
Zane Grey -- The Border Legion
He was still rankling when a nurse came in.
Hal Borland -- When the Legends Die
The latter allusion struck deep, and the injury rankled.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Last of the Mohicans
But thet low-down trick rankled in my breast.
Zane Grey -- The Light of Western Stars
That taunt about the whip still rankled.
Henry Roth -- Call It Sleep
Max had done some good since he'd arrived in Blys, but he was no closer to vengeance, and the point rankled whenever he weighed his father's razor.
Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
It rankled to realize over and over again how much I owed Jacob when I just wanted to be mad at him.
Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn

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