eat into 1verbdomain: v emotionPrinceton WordNet [ver.3.1]EnglishDefinitiongnaw into; make resentful or angryReport errorPath to highest hypernymMorphologySynset graphExamples1.his resentment festered2.The injustice rankled herSynonymsfret 6gnaw into; make resentful or angryrankle 1gnaw into; make resentful or angrygrate 2gnaw into; make resentful or angry