as in angered
feeling or showing anger
our supervisor was rankled by all the unexpected delays and problems we ran into
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as in stormed
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
that kind of rude treatment from a young person makes me rankle
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as in infuriated
to make angry
it rankles me when some schools can't even afford paper and pencils for the students
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Recent Examples of rankled
Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
This has rankled many in America’s spy community.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
The new labor movement has clearly rankled prominent tech figures, Musk among them.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
Those comments rankled Swayman’s agent Lewis Gross, who posted a response to Neely on social media.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Verb
One part of Harris’ platform particularly rankled Sasse.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
This has rankled many in America’s spy community.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
The new labor movement has clearly rankled prominent tech figures, Musk among them.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
Those comments rankled Swayman’s agent Lewis Gross, who posted a response to Neely on social media.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rankled
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His amplification of Lee's viewpoints angered Social Security advocates.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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That decision angered Real Madrid so much that its players boycotted the awards ceremony.Steve Price, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Early this year, the company had a PR problem as angry customers raged online about higher menu prices.Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Healthcare providers including physicians and nurses in particular complained of burnout as the pandemic raged, triggering a mass exodus of these healthcare professionals in the early years of the pandemic.Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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In May, Barone began working as the executive assistant to Ann Bryant, who co-founded a Tahoe nonprofit called BEAR League, in 1998, after a government trapper enraged the community by killing a mother bear and her cub and then lying about it.Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Pediatricians were enraged in February, for example, when Ladapo left the decision on whether to quarantine children amid a massive measles outbreak to parents.Erika Edwards, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2024
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Early this year, the company had a PR problem as angry customers raged online about higher menu prices.Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Folks are always angry at D.C., and yet, states have to make things work every day.Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024
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Or annoyed at the waste of time and money?Marianne Krasny, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Not all residents are annoyed by their plucky neighbors’ antics, though.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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The audience cheers at the right moments, and Costner has the appropriate indignant fervor.Will Leitch, Vulture, 1 July 2024
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Lucas was shocked and hurt that his generous offers kept being rebuffed; the people who organized against him were indignant that a billionaire could be so cavalier about their public land.Elizabeth Blackwell, Longreads, 14 Nov. 2024
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The quarterback shook off a left leg injury late in the second quarter to throw for 213 yards and one touchdown on 21-of-30 passing.Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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The air was filled with the shrieks of men in agony, the crackle of machine gun fire, and the thunderous explosions that shook the ground.Alaa Elassar, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Idiot glee is a kind of sheer joy at the mad fact of the world.Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Dec. 2024
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But neither doctors nor group therapy can see beyond a confused and maybe slightly mad person.Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Rankled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rankled. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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