gall
2[gawl]
verb (used with object)
to make sore by rubbing; chafe severely: The saddle galled the horse's back.
to vex or irritate greatly: His arrogant manner galls me.
verb (used without object)
noun
Origin of gall
2before 1000; Middle English galle (noun), gallen (v.) perhaps < Middle Dutch, Middle Low German gall, akin to Old English gealla sore on a horse
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Related Words for galled
annoy, bedevil, disturb, nag, exasperate, peeve, vex, rile, irk, torment, irritate, frazzle, chafe, aggravate, ruffle, chide, rub, bother, burn, scrapeExamples from the Web for galled
Contemporary Examples of galled
Historical Examples of galled
It galled him to take the woman's wages, but it vexed him yet more to do her work.
The ScapegoatHall Caine
It galled me when I thought how sportsman-like I had been to attract their attention.
Tales of FishesZane Grey
He had to live on her money, which galled him, and to be assisted by the Dean's money, which was wormwood to him.
Is He Popenjoy?Anthony Trollope
I thought that he was galled to feel that he had been beaten by a novice.
RecollectionsDavid Christie Murray
It grieves me much that when I came to soothe I have only galled thee.
AlroyBenjamin Disraeli
gall
1noun
Word Origin for gall
from Old Norse, replacing Old English gealla; related to Old High German galla, Greek kholē
gall
2noun
verb
Word Origin for gall
C14: of Germanic origin; related to Old English gealla sore on a horse, and perhaps to gall 1
gall
3noun
Word Origin for gall
C14: from Old French galle, from Latin galla
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