Definition for Rankling:

• Deep and active irritation.

Synonyms for Rankling:

• adj.

  •aggravating (adjective)
  • bothersome,
  • aggravating,
  • tormenting,
  • grating,
  • exacerbating,
  • Harassing,
  • exasperating,
  • Enraging,
  • antagonizing,
  • troublesome,
  • Irksome,
  • Bedeviling,
  • teasing,
  • perturbing,
  • pestering,
  • vexing,
  • infuriating,
  • inflaming.
  •galling (adjective)
  • Plaguing,
  • unpalatable.

• n.

  •anger (noun)
  • dis-approbations,
  • dis-pleasure,
  • out-rage,
  • ill tempers,
  • hissy fits,
  • dis approbation,
  • out-rages,
  • dis-tempers,
  • dis tempers,
  • blow ups,
  • dis pleasures,
  • dis-approbation,
  • ill humors,
  • infuriations,
  • dis pleasure,
  • dis temper,
  • dis-pleasures,
  • dis-temper,
  • dis approbations,
  • cat fits,
  • slow burns,
  • out rages,
  • out rage,
  • ranklings.
  •hate (noun)
  • Repellency,
  • nasty look,
  • Repellence,
  • Hates,
  • Repugnancy,
  • no love lost,
  • black beast.

• v.

  •aggravating (verb)
  • nagging,
  • Bothering,
  • needling,
  • hassling,
  • troubling,
  • irking,
  • baiting,
  • chafing,
  • Fretting,
  • badgering,
  • Discomposing,
  • peeving,
  • Envenoming,
  • Arousing,
  • Harrying.

• Other synonyms:

  •bitterness
  • resentment.

Antonyms for Rankling:

• adj.

  • festering
    soothing, pleasing.

Rankling Sentence Examples:

• This matter caused much annoyance at Madrid, where that rankling sore, Nootka Sound, was still kept open by the all - powerful Minister, Alcudia.

• There is some fear rankling in him.