eat into

1. 1.

   gnaw into; make resentful or angry

   “The injustice rankled her”

   “his resentment festered”

   Synonymsfretranklegrate

   Broaderannoy

Questions about eat into

What does eat into mean?

eat into means "gnaw into; make resentful or angry".

What is another word for eat into?

Close synonyms include fret, rankle, grate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.