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Definition of Rankled
1. rankle [v] - See also: rankle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rankled
Literary usage of Rankled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"... there is no doubt that the injustice of the critics must be counted among the
other causes of trouble that rankled with cruel effect in his mind. ..."
2. The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1866)
"tended deputation, he dissembled his resentment, it appears to have rankled in
his mind, and that he never forgave it, of whatever nature it might have been ..."
3. Memoir of the Life of Josiah Quincy, Jun., of Massachusetts by Josiah Quincy (1825)
"Yet deeper grief Still rankled there, — his country's wrongs and fears Clung to
the riven heart-string ; for he knew Whose voice had sworn to be the widow's ..."
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