Definition of "rankled" [rankled]

• Simple past tense and past participle of rankle. (verb)

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• "The oversized type, the grandiosity of the title rankled him."
• "For days thereafter the phrase rankled in his mind -- "I can throw off the burden when I will.""
• "The word rankled now that Charmian had spoken out with such almost impertinent abruptness."