galling
5
6.8
- adjective
- /ˈɡɔlɪŋ/
:
irritante
- It was galling to see her hard work ignored by the committee.
- particularly galling
That's particularly galling to deal with, isn't it?
- That's particularly galling to deal with, isn't it?
- It can be exhausting and frankly galling for them to be weighing in on your issues in light of their behavior.
- And it is all the more galling because it means that the narcissist knows that something needs to change.
- It's actually quite galling when people look at people who are estranged from their families and accuse them of taking the easy way out.
- That's why it was funny, which is is is galling to have to explain it.
- And the Neighbours is it was galling.
Examples
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The AWP issue is particularly galling to the pharmaceutical industry.
Academic text (2002) -
The loss in his own backyard before his home audience was particularly galling.
Fiction book (2001) -
I find it particularly galling that A-B charges so much for its software.
Blog text (25) -
The notion of Bill's girlfriend having his baby was particularly galling.
Fiction book (2000) -
It was particularly galling to see beautiful young women wanting to meet this young man.
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To many from rural areas and smaller towns, the idea of sharing state tax dollars with the City of New Orleans is so galling as to seem almost sinful.
Academic text (2007) -
Their efforts are particularly galling given how viciously they attacked and distorted Romney's actual tax plan during the campaign.
Blog text (27) -
The chorus of fear-mongering from the furthest right is as galling as it is rootless.
Blog text (31) -
Also, increasingly galling for African scholars was the fact that Africanists did not seriously and systematically engage or dialogue with their work.
Academic text (1997) -
What's galling is that the charge is not just false—it is spectacularly false.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
392
1.0
Making someone feel bothered or irritated
256
3.0
Making you feel annoyed or disappointed because it stops you getting what you want
80
2.9
Making someone feel annoyed or impatient
26
5.3
Causing you to feel very angry or annoyed
22
5.3
Very annoying and hard to bear
14
3.5
Causing annoyance or trouble
11
7.7
Making someone feel annoyed or frustrated
1
8.7
Causing people to feel annoyed or frustrated
1
9.4
Something that makes people feel annoyed or causes small repeated problems
Making people feel annoyed or troubled
Causes annoyance or small trouble that makes you feel irritated
Annoying and causing repeated small problems or used to complain strongly
Antonyms
How Annoying
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Galling comes from the old word gall, which means 'bile' or 'bitterness'. Think of bile as a bitter fluid that makes you feel sore or angry, so something galling makes you feel hurt, annoyed, or bitter.