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Rankling Synonyms and Antonyms

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Gnaw into; make resentful or angry
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. fretting
  2. annoying
  3. festering
  4. inflaming
  5. irritating
  6. grating
  7. vexing
  8. nettling
  9. tormenting
  10. riling
  11. plaguing
  12. hurting
  13. chafing
  14. irking
  15. mortifying
  16. embittering
  17. paining
  18. bothering
Antonyms:
  1. delighting
  2. pleasing
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. festering
  2. galling
  3. irritating

Words near Rankling in the Thesaurus

  • rank-order correlation
  • rank-order correlation coefficient
  • ranker
  • rankest
  • ranking
  • rankle
  • rankled
  • rankles
  • rankling
  • rankness
  • ranks
  • ransack
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