'Galled' definitions:
Definition of 'galled'
From: WordNet
adjective
Painful from having the skin abraded [syn: chafed, galled]
Definition of 'Galled'
From: GCIDE
- Gall \Gall\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Galled (g[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Galling.] [OE. gallen; cf. F. galer to scratch, rub, gale scurf, scab, G. galle a disease in horses' feet, an excrescence under the tongue of horses; of uncertain origin. Cf. Gall gallnut.]
- 1. To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable. [1913 Webster]
- I am loth to gall a new-healed wound. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm. [1913 Webster]
- They that are most galled with my folly, They most must laugh. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy. [1913 Webster]
- In our wars against the French of old, we used to gall them with our longbows, at a greater distance than they could shoot their arrows. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'galled'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggravated,
- algetic,
- angry,
- annoyed,
- bothered,
- browned-off,
- bugged,
- burning,
- burnt-up,
- chafed,
- disturbed,
- exasperated,
- festering,
- fiery,
- griped,
- inflamed,
- irked,
- irritated,
- miffed,
- nettled,
- peeved,
- piqued,
- provoked,
- rankling,
- raw,
- red,
- resentful,
- riled,
- roiled,
- ruffled,
- sensitive,
- smarting,
- sore,
- tender,
- tingling,
- troubled,
- vexed
Words containing 'Galled'
- Gall,
- Galling,
- Gallingly,
- Filbert gall,
- Gall bladder,
- Gall duct,
- Gall insect,
- Gall midge,
- Gall oak,
- Gall of glass,
- Gall of the earth,
- Gall sickness,
- Gall wasp,
- Navel gall,
- Pithy gall,
- Rose gall,
- Saddle gall,
- Sand gall,
- Seed gall,
- Tomato gall,
- Water gall,
- Weather gall,
- Willow gall,
- Wound gall,
- crown gall,
- gall gnat,
- glass gall,
- Cup-gall,
- To claw one on the gall,
- cynipid gall wasp,
- gall-berry,
- gall-of-the-earth,
- spruce gall aphid,
- annoying galling chafing irritating nettlesome pesky pestiferous pestilent plaguy plaguey teasing vexatious vexing