Galling

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Causing extreme irritation or chagrin; vexing: a galling delay; a galling setback to their plans.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. vexing, humiliating
  • v. Present participle of gall.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Such as to gall, irritate, or distress; extremely annoying; harrowing; provoking.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. causing irritation or annoyance
  • Equivalent
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    vexing    harassing    irritating   
    Verb Stem
    gall   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Pauling    appalling    balling    brawling    calling