galling
11galling — adjective Etymology: 3gall Date: 1583 markedly irritating ; vexing < a most galling defeat > • gallingly adverb …
12galling — gal|ling [ˈgo:lıŋ US ˈgo: ] adj making you feel upset and angry because of something that is unfair = ↑annoying ▪ The most galling thing is that the guy who got promoted is less qualified than me …
13galling — adjective making you feel upset and angry because of something that is unfair: The most galling thing is that the guy who got promoted is less qualified than me …
14galling — adjective his hypocrisy was galling Syn: annoying, irritating, vexing, vexatious, infuriating, maddening, irksome, provoking, exasperating, trying, tiresome, troublesome, bothersome, displeasing, disagreeable; informal aggravating …
15galling — Ⅰ. gall [1] ► NOUN 1) bold and impudent behaviour. 2) bitterness or cruelty. 3) an animal s gall bladder. 4) archaic the contents of the gall bladder; bile. ORIGIN Old English. Ⅱ …
16galling — adjective causing irritation or annoyance (Freq. 1) 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… …
17GALLING, KURT° — (1900–1987), German Lutheran biblical scholar. He was professor at Halle from 1928 to 1945, at Mainz from 1946 to 1954, from 1955 at Goettingen, and from 1962 at Tuebingen. A student of Hugo Gressmann, Galling was a versatile and prolific scholar …
18galling — gallingly, adv. gallingness, n. /gaw ling/, adj. that galls; chafing; irritating; vexing; exasperating. [1640 50; GALL2 + ING2] * * * …
19galling — adjective vexing, humiliating …
20galling — Synonyms and related words: ablative, abradant, abrasive, afflictive, aggravating, annoying, attritive, bothering, bothersome, chafing, distasteful, disturbing, erosive, exasperating, fretting, gnawing, grating, grievous, grinding, harassing,… …
