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Verb: eat into  eet in-too
  1. Gnaw into; make resentful or angry
    "The injustice ate into her";
    - fret, rankle, grate

Derived forms: eating into, ate into, eaten into, eats into

Type of: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at [informal], get to, gravel [US], irritate, nark [Brit, slang], nettle, rag, rile, roil [N. Amer], tick off [informal], vex