to gall

Examples

• All

• What galls me more is how shallow, linear, scripted garbage like God of War continues to sell when DS does.

  Blog text (22)

• Iranians are galled that Arabs—whom they have traditionally considered inferior—thrive while they lag behind.

  Academic text (2007)

• Furthermore, it galls me to see the way humans think.

  Blog text (22)

• This latter relationship, in particular, has galled critics of American organized labor.

  Academic text (2003)

• Nor was he at all sure Ada would find his offer welcome, not from a man galled in body and mind as he had become.

  Fiction book (1997)

• That galled him.

  Fiction book (2001)

• They had worked from morning to night in sweat-soaked clothes that bound and galled.

  Fiction book (1997)

• I was particularly galled to read that I planned to stick a peephole through the common wall between our apartments so that I could spy on him.

  Fiction book (2002)

• It just galls my posterior when I think of all the money it takes to get a vet's degree.

  Blog text (14)

• Wearing tight shoes caused his heel to gall after the long hike.

Synonyms

C

to chafe

vsto gall

5 5.6

To make skin sore by rubbing

refers specifically to living skin or body rather than any surface

F

to fret

vsto gall

1 6.7

Wear away skin or material by rubbing

applies to skin or body soreness rather than surface erosion

Antonyms

H

to heal

481 1.2

To become healthy again after an injury, illness, or emotional pain

S

to soothe

63 3.4

To make someone feel calmer or reduce their pain

Idioms

H

to have the gall

• Informal

14 7.9

Be bold enough to do something rude or shocking

G

gall dang

• Archaic

9.9

A mild rude word used to show annoyance or strong feeling

Compounds

G

gall wasp

• Specialized

3 8.6

A small wasp that makes growths on oak leaves where its young grow

G

gall bladder

• Specialized

2 3.9

A small organ under the liver that stores bile until it enters the intestine

C

crown gall

• Specialized

8.4

A bacterial disease that makes lumps at the base of a plant stem

C

cynipid gall wasp

• Specialized

9.9

A small wasp that makes round growths called galls on oak trees and other plants

G

gall and wormwood

• Archaic

9.9

A very bitter experience that feels painful and upsetting

G

gall gnat

• Specialized

9.9

A small fly that makes bumps on plant leaves or stems

G

gall midge

• Specialized

9.9

A small delicate fly whose young make small round bumps on plants

G

gall of the earth

• Specialized

9.9

A plant that lives for several years with drooping clusters of pink flowers and broad leaves like a lion's paw

G

gall-berry

• US

9.9

An evergreen holly shrub with thick leaves and small black berries

S

spruce gall aphid

• Specialized

9.9

A small insect that makes pineapple-shaped growths on young spruce branches

How Irritating

to gall

1 8.1

to abrade

5 8.1

to rub

600 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology