Word Meaning

Meaning of rankles

- To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively.
- 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.
- To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame.

Crossword clue for rankles

- Fester
- Right lower leg joint may cause resentment
- Right lower leg joint may fester
- Festers