Irritable and Rankled

Irritable

Irritable adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.

Rankled and irritable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rankled" instead an adjective "Irritable".

Rankled

Rankled adjective - Feeling or showing anger.
Usage example: our supervisor was rankled by all the unexpected delays and problems we ran into

Irritable and rankled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Irritable" instead an adjective "Rankled".

Nearby Word: rankling
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