galling
About 0.44 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Vexing, humiliating; eliciting indignation or bitterness.
- noun A feeling that induces bitterness.
the gallings of one's own conscience
- noun Material transfer caused by adhesion between sliding surfaces, potentially resulting in wear or binding.
- verb present participle and gerund of gall
Similar words
nettlesome irritating vexing plaguy annoying vexatious pesky bothersome pestering disagreeable
Often followed by
to fire and yoke for than of chains in
Word family
gallingly
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