0 to make someone annoyed or angry for a long time: --
[ + that ] It still rankles that she got promoted, and I didn't.
The unkind way in which his girlfriend left him still rankled with him long after.
That is one of the reasons why this was a rankling sore among trade unionists.
They were a rankling sore in the thirties of the last decade and were partly responsible for the atmosphere out of which the war grew.
That rankles also with the families of many disabled children.
He may not have reported it, but it might have rankled with him.
Not surprisingly, those whose pensions are not disregarded feel a sense of injustice, which rankles for several reasons.
What rankles in my county, and indeed in others, is that we have toed the line.
I have had brought to my notice a considerable number of cases which have been rejected, and they are rankling in people's minds.
Its unsettlement has rankled in the bosoms of the nations everywhere.
