Rankle
Rankle (ran"k'l) , intransitive verb
[From Rank, a.]
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.
This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people.
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.
Rankle (ran"k'l) , transitive verb
To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame. [Rare] — Beau. & Fl