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
Verb
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Madrid were angered by a decision in that game to award Espanyol defender Carlos Romero a yellow card for a 60th-minute challenge on Kylian Mbappe, which was not upgraded to a red card by VAR.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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That meeting angered Israeli officials, and reportedly Dermer in particular.—
Alex Marquardt,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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During a House Democratic caucus meeting, Jeffries presided over what sources described as an energetic caucus in which Democrats raged over being cut out of negotiations on the bill.—
Andrew Solender,
Axios,
20 Dec. 2024
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This, as war raged in Europe, with Putin’s brutal campaign against Ukraine.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
20 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The sketch opened with Mikey Day as Jesus, recreating the scene from the Bible in which Christ visits the temple and gets enraged at seeing money changers transacting business within its walls.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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If an extended trade war with China leads to higher prices and shortages of key goods for Americans, an angry public could throw out some Republicans, handing control of the House and even possibly the Senate to Democrats.—
Ann Scott Tyson,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 May 2025
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That's the tipping point, and Austin breaks up the bromance, leaving Craig lost and angry and eager to prove himself as a cool dude worth hanging out with.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
9 May 2025
Verb
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Not seeing his name on the list should have annoyed him.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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While typically a crowd at a concert might have been annoyed that the performer stopped the show to have a chat with a fan, the audience couldn’t have been more supportive and receptive.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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After a year of intense efforts, we are baffled and indignant.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
9 May 2025
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Before the arrest, some indignant residents took to social media to speculate about a possible motive — alleging without proof that unscrupulous developers or even the city itself may have orchestrated the acts.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Richard Arnold, the chief executive whose departure had already been announced, went round the room and shook everyone’s hand, expressing his belief the future at United would be bright.—
Adam Crafton,
The Athletic,
23 Dec. 2024
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The camera then cut to Johansson, who shook her head while grimacing.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Shinwell takes the rep aside and asks her to grab some of the antidote to the sickness that pushed Stephens into a coma, because the mad scientist must have some lying around.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
11 May 2025
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The late 19th century was a boom time for mad inventors, scam artists, and fast-talking salesmen.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
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“Rankled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rankled. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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