'Galling' definitions:
Definition of 'galling'
From: WordNet
adjective
Causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong" [syn: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing]
Definition of 'Galling'
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]
Definition of 'Galling'
From: GCIDE
- Galling \Gall"ing\, a. Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating. -- {Gall"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'galling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablative,
- abradant,
- abrasive,
- afflictive,
- aggravating,
- annoying,
- attritive,
- bothering,
- bothersome,
- chafing,
- distasteful,
- disturbing,
- erosive,
- exasperating,
- fretting,
- gnawing,
- grating,
- grievous,
- grinding,
- harassing,
- importunate,
- importune,
- irking,
- irksome,
- irritant,
- irritating,
- irritative,
- painful,
- pesky,
- pestering,
- pestiferous,
- pestilent,
- pestilential,
- plaguesome,
- plaguey,
- plaguing,
- provoking,
- rasping,
- scratchy,
- stinging,
- teasing,
- tiresome,
- tormenting,
- troublesome,
- troubling,
- unpalatable,
- vexatious,
- vexing,
- wearisome,
- worrisome,
- worrying
Words containing 'Galling'
- Gall,
- Galled,
- 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