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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Most of the time, Superman is depressed or angry or getting beat to a pulp or having cans thrown at him or getting arrested.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Others were frustrated—some even outright angry—that the Commission fell short of declaring all forms of obesity a disease and instead recommended a more nuanced clinical diagnosis.—
Francesco Rubino,
Time,
9 July 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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In a 48-hour whirlwind, President Donald Trump veered from elated to indignant to triumphant as his fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together, teetered toward collapse and ultimately coalesced.—
Aamer Madhani,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
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In a memorable photo from a G-7 summit during his first term, the U.S. president sat, arms crossed, glaring at an indignant German Chancellor Angela Merkel.—
JENNIFER LIND,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 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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Later in the film, François Arnaud plays a dreamy/nightmare client, matching her gentleness with mad intensity, while giving their scenes together a charge that carries the film into its frenzied conclusion with bold poise.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
11 July 2025
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Even if its repetitive verbiage drove parents a little mad?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
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“Rankled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rankled. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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