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adjectivethat galls; chafing; irritating; vexing; exasperating. Origin of gallingFirst recorded in 1640–50; gall2 + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM gallinggall·ing·ly, adverbgall·ing·ness, nounun·gall·ing, adjectiveWords nearby gallinggallimaufry, gallinacean, gallinaceous, Gallinas, Gallinas Point, galling, gallinipper, gallinule, galliot, Gallipoli, gallipot Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gallingRunfola's defense is nothing short of galling–and her lawyer should be called out for it. Should Twitter Suspend LGBT Engineer Accused Of Raping Her Wife?|Emily Shire|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST To Palmer, the coincidence of his bullpen exile and his return to form was galling. Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up|Tom Boswell|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST How galling it must have been to her to see once radical manifestos used for nostalgia. Still Desperately Seeking Susan Sontag|Allen Barra|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST That was galling for those who described the invasion of Iraq as a conflict of choice, not necessity. The Rhinohawks Come Roaring Back|James Poulos|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But, boy oh boy, are we about to enter a galling period of hearing them pretend otherwise. Running From Romney: the GOP’s Phony New Compassion|Michael Tomasky|November 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST The inquisitors found it galling and surmounted the obstacle with an utterly disgraceful quibble. Medival Heresy and the Inquisition|A. S. Turberville That, after all, was sufficient; left his friends mind without rancor for his galling truth-telling. The Confounding of Camelia|Anne Douglas Sedgwick It was galling to feel that he had no confidence in my coolness or my nerve, when neither had ever failed him at a pinch. A Thief in the Night|E. W. Hornung It was galling to their pride to think that a mere handful of pale-faces were able to withstand their onslaughts so successfully. The Indians' Last Fight|Dennis Collins It must be galling for your ally to have to fight a people so small in numbers but so great in their unconquerable resolution. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 148, January 27, 1915|Various
British Dictionary definitions for galling
adjectiveirritating, exasperating, or bitterly humiliating obsolete rubbing painfully; chafing Derived forms of gallinggallingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to gallinghumiliating, provoking, rankling, annoying, bitter, irritating, exasperating, vexing, harassing, plaguing, aggravating, acid, bothersome, distasteful, grievous, irksome, nettlesome, painful, unpalatable, vexatious |