rankling

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noun

A sensation that rankles.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of rankle
nounrankling (plural ranklings)

plural ranklings

  1. A sensation that rankles.

    I see the wife misused by her husband, I see the treacherous seducer of young women, / I mark the ranklings of jealousy and unrequited love attempted to be hid […]

    1855, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
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APA

rankling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rankling

MLA

“rankling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rankling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rankling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rankling.

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