Synonyms for rankling
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A sensation that rankles.
Forms
- Plural
- ranklings → inflammations, venoms, bitternesses, animosities…
Example sentences
- inflammation Hypophysitis is an inflammation of the hypophysis.
- venom There is no antidote for the venom of this snake.
- bitterness What remains in the heart is memory and bitterness.
- animosity Then that animosity is being passed on down to us?
- festering The wound is festering with a bacterial infection.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| rankling | steady | |
| inflammation | rising | |
| venom | steady | |
| bitterness | steady | |
| animosity | rising | |
| festering | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- venom2
- 9 letters
- animosity5, festering3
- 10 letters
- bitterness3
- 12 letters
- inflammation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (venom2 = 2 syllables).