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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ran·kle /ˈræŋkəl/
 (vi.)化膿,怨恨(vt.)激怒

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ran·kle v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rankled p. pr. & vb. n. Rankling ]
 1. To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively.
    A malady that burns and rankles inward.   --Rowe.
    This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people.   --Burke.
 2. To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ran·kle v. t. To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame. [R.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 rankle
      v : gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The unjustice rankled
          her"; "his resentment festered" [syn: eat into, fret,
           grate]