What is another word for Rankling?
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈaŋklɪŋ], [ ɹˈaŋklɪŋ], [ ɹ_ˈa_ŋ_k_l_ɪ_ŋ]
Related words: rankling definition, rankle meaning, rankling synonyms, rankling antonym, rankle v.
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Synonyms for Rankling:
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adj.
• aggravating • galling -
n.
• anger- blow ups ,
- cat fits ,
- dis approbation ,
- dis approbations ,
- dis pleasure ,
- dis pleasures ,
- dis temper ,
- dis tempers ,
- dis-approbation ,
- dis-approbations ,
- dis-pleasure ,
- dis-pleasures ,
- dis-temper ,
- dis-tempers ,
- hissy fits ,
- ill humors ,
- ill tempers ,
- infuriations ,
- out rage ,
- out rages ,
- out-rage ,
- out-rages ,
- ranklings ,
- slow burns .
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v.
• aggravating Other relevant words:
- ablaze ,
- abominable ,
- abradant ,
- abrasive material ,
- acerb ,
- acerbic ,
- acidic ,
- acidulent ,
- acidulous ,
- acidulousness ,
- acrid ,
- affair ,
- affection ,
- affectionate ,
- affectionateness ,
- afflictive ,
- aggravation ,
- aggression ,
- agonising ,
- altogether ,
- angriness ,
- animus ,
- annoyance ,
- annoyed ,
- ardent ,
- atrocious ,
- attendant ,
- attender ,
- attenuation ,
- averting ,
- awful ,
- back breaker ,
- bad blood ,
- bad temper ,
- baneful ,
- bare-ass ,
- bare-assed ,
- battery-acid ,
- bedevilment ,
- bid ,
- birthday suit ,
- bitter ,
- bleak ,
- blistering ,
- blood-red ,
- bolshevik ,
- bolshie ,
- bolshy ,
- botheration ,
- brood ,
- burn ,
- burning at the stake ,
- carmine ,
- caustic ,
- cerise ,
- cernuous ,
- chafe ,
- chafed ,
- cheekiness ,
- cherry ,
- cherry-red ,
- chuff ,
- comb-out ,
- combustion ,
- corruptive ,
- count ,
- crank ,
- cranky ,
- craze ,
- crimson ,
- crossness ,
- crude ,
- crust ,
- crying ,
- cult ,
- cutter ,
- cutting ,
- deadly ,
- detest ,
- detrition ,
- development ,
- diffraction grating ,
- dirty ,
- disapproval ,
- discomfort ,
- disconcerting ,
- disfavor ,
- disfavour ,
- disrespect ,
- distaste ,
- distemper ,
- distressful ,
- distressing ,
- dither ,
- dolorous ,
- dolourous ,
- dose ,
- dot ,
- dreadful ,
- drooping ,
- eating away ,
- electrocution ,
- enragement ,
- erosion ,
- excitation ,
- excitement ,
- excruciating ,
- fad ,
- ferment ,
- fermentation ,
- ferocity ,
- fervent ,
- fervid ,
- fervor ,
- fervour ,
- fiddling ,
- fierceness ,
- firing ,
- flaming ,
- flap ,
- flushed ,
- fond ,
- fondness ,
- footling ,
- force ,
- fractious ,
- freshness ,
- fret ,
- fretfulness ,
- friction ,
- frustrative ,
- functional ,
- furious ,
- furiousness ,
- furor ,
- furore ,
- fury ,
- fuss ,
- fussiness ,
- grate ,
- gravelly ,
- grimness ,
- grizzle ,
- growing ,
- growth ,
- grudge ,
- hardship ,
- harrowing ,
- harsh ,
- heart ,
- high dudgeon ,
- huffy ,
- igneous ,
- ignition ,
- ill will ,
- impassioned ,
- impertinence ,
- impudence ,
- in the altogether ,
- in the buff ,
- in the raw ,
- innervation ,
- insolence ,
- ira ,
- irascibility ,
- ire ,
- irk ,
- irritability ,
- irritable ,
- irritative ,
- issue ,
- jaundice ,
- kindling ,
- lachrymose ,
- lather ,
- legal tender ,
- lien ,
- lighting ,
- lilliputian ,
- linear ,
- little ,
- loathsome ,
- loony toons ,
- loss ,
- lovesome ,
- mad ,
- madness ,
- malevolency ,
- malignity ,
- marxist ,
- maturement ,
- medium ,
- miffed ,
- mocking ,
- naked ,
- naked as a jaybird ,
- natural ,
- nauseating ,
- nauseous ,
- nettled ,
- new ,
- nodding ,
- noisome ,
- offence ,
- offend ,
- offense ,
- offensive activity ,
- offer ,
- ontogenesis ,
- ontogeny ,
- operative ,
- pane ,
- passion ,
- peckish ,
- peeled ,
- peeved ,
- peevish ,
- peevishness ,
- pendulous ,
- perfervid ,
- pernicious ,
- perversive ,
- pettish ,
- petty ,
- petulance ,
- petulant ,
- picayune ,
- piddling ,
- piffling ,
- pinnace ,
- pissed ,
- pissed off ,
- plaguily ,
- plaguy ,
- pother ,
- prick ,
- prickling ,
- provocation ,
- puff ,
- purulency ,
- pussy ,
- queasy ,
- quick temper ,
- quizzical ,
- radian ,
- raging ,
- ramp ,
- rasping ,
- raspy ,
- red ink ,
- red river ,
- red-faced ,
- reddened ,
- reddish ,
- redness ,
- repellant ,
- repellent ,
- ribbing ,
- rigor ,
- rigorousness ,
- rigour ,
- rigourousness ,
- riled ,
- ripening ,
- roiled ,
- rough ,
- rubor ,
- ruby ,
- ruby-red ,
- ruddy ,
- rude ,
- rudeness ,
- run ,
- running game ,
- running play ,
- saddle sore ,
- sanies ,
- scarlet ,
- scrape ,
- scratch ,
- scratchy ,
- see red ,
- seeing red ,
- sensible ,
- severeness ,
- severity ,
- sharpness ,
- ship's boat ,
- short temper ,
- shrewish ,
- sickening ,
- snort ,
- softheartedness ,
- sour ,
- sourness ,
- spiritualist ,
- spite ,
- spitefulness ,
- stamp ,
- stark naked ,
- steamed ,
- storm ,
- strangling ,
- strangulation ,
- stung ,
- subject ,
- sulfurous ,
- sulphurous ,
- superman ,
- supply ship ,
- sweat ,
- swither ,
- tartness ,
- tearful ,
- tears ,
- tease ,
- techy ,
- temper ,
- tempestuous ,
- tenderheartedness ,
- tenderise ,
- tenderize ,
- terrible ,
- testy ,
- tetchy ,
- thing ,
- thorniness ,
- throttling ,
- thwarting ,
- tickling ,
- tingle ,
- tippy ,
- titillating ,
- topic ,
- torment ,
- torrid ,
- torture ,
- torturesome ,
- torturous ,
- track ,
- trivial ,
- uncongenial ,
- unfriendly ,
- unsanded ,
- unsavory ,
- unsavoury ,
- unspeakable ,
- untoughened ,
- vehemence ,
- vexation ,
- vile ,
- violative ,
- violent ,
- virulency ,
- virulent ,
- vitriolic ,
- warmheartedness ,
- warmness ,
- watery ,
- wearing ,
- wearing away ,
- weigh ,
- wild ,
- wildness ,
- window pane ,
- working ,
- worrisome ,
- worrying ,
- wrath ,
- wrenching ,
- yellow bile ,
- zen ,
- zymolysis ,
- zymosis .
- hate .
- A ,
- Acim ,
- Angering ,
- BDLE ,
- Carking ,
- Chasing ,
- Deviling ,
- Devilling ,
- Fraying ,
- Fussing ,
- Gagging ,
- Gnawing ,
- HATU ,
- Immitigable ,
- Incompassionateness ,
- MIBF ,
- Mattering ,
- Maturative ,
- Nettling ,
- PHS ,
- Paining ,
- Putrefying ,
- RAME ,
- Rai ,
- Repellence ,
- Repellency ,
- Repugnancy ,
- Riling ,
- SARE ,
- Suppurating ,
- abrasive ,
- acerbity ,
- acid ,
- acidity ,
- acrimony ,
- agonizing ,
- anger ,
- angry ,
- animosity ,
- antagonism ,
- antipathy ,
- asperity ,
- aversion ,
- bad feeling ,
- bile ,
- bitterness ,
- burning ,
- choking ,
- choler ,
- discourtesy ,
- dislike ,
- dudgeon ,
- enmity ,
- eroding ,
- fading ,
- fermenting ,
- festering ,
- fiery ,
- frustrating ,
- gall ,
- galled ,
- gleet ,
- hard feelings ,
- hatred ,
- heart-burning ,
- hostile ,
- hostility ,
- huff ,
- ichor ,
- incensing ,
- inflamed ,
- inflammation ,
- irritated ,
- irritation ,
- maddening ,
- malevolence ,
- malice ,
- maliciousness ,
- matter ,
- maturation ,
- miff ,
- moldering ,
- mordacity ,
- nettlesome ,
- niggling ,
- offensive ,
- pesky ,
- pestiferous ,
- pestilent ,
- pestilential ,
- pesty ,
- pique ,
- plaguey ,
- pricking ,
- purulence ,
- purulent ,
- pus ,
- racking ,
- rad ,
- rage ,
- rancor ,
- rancour ,
- raw ,
- rebarbative ,
- red ,
- reeking ,
- rubbing ,
- running ,
- scraping ,
- scratching ,
- sensitive ,
- sore ,
- sore spot ,
- soreness ,
- spleen ,
- suppuration ,
- suppurative ,
- tender ,
- tenderness ,
- tingling ,
- tizzy ,
- torturing ,
- umbrage ,
- uncharitableness ,
- unpleasantness ,
- venom ,
- vexatious ,
- virulence ,
- weeping .
How to use "Rankling" in context?
Rankling is a term used to describe feelings of discomfort, itchiness or irritation that are experienced when something is rubbing against the skin. To rankle means to cause severe or persistent irritation. It can be due to a number of factors, including clothing, tight-fitting shoes, or objects that are kept in the same spot on the body for an extended period of time.
Some people experience rankling all the time, while others only experience it occasionally. It can be a nuisance, but it can also be a symptom of something more serious.
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- Synonyms:
- divider, segregator, Detailer, Divorcer, Estranger, Isolator, severer.