Rankling and Spite

Rankling

Rankling adjective - Causing annoyance.
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Spite and rankling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spite" instead a noun "Rankling".

Nearby Words: rankle, rankled

Spite

Spite noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

Rankling and spite are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rankling" instead a noun "Spite".

Nearby Words: spiteful, spitefully, spiting
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