Rankle



verbpast tense: rankled ; past participle: rankled ; present participle: rankling ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) (to continue to be sore and painful, to ve the source of persistent, mental pain and irritation. to persistent, mental pain and irritation, to cause lastizig and bitter annoyance or resentment) ឈឺចាប់ក្នុងចិត្ដ
ENGLISH MEANING
verbpast tense: rankled ; past participle: rankled ; present participle: rankling ;
1.
To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom.
2.
To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame.