Usually means: Causes annoyance or resentment persistently.
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  1. rankles: Merriam-Webster
  2. rankles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. rankles: Vocabulary.com
  4. Rankles, rankles: Wordnik
  5. rankles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. rankles: Wiktionary
  7. rankles: Dictionary.com
  8. rankles: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Rankles: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. rankles: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. rankles: Legal dictionary

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  1. Rankles: Urban Dictionary

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verb:  (transitive or intransitive) To cause irritation, bitterness or acrimony.
verb:  (intransitive) To fester.
noun:  (rare) A festering, embittering object or condition, either mental, or a physical sore or ulcer.
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