Associations to the word «Galling»
Noun
- Wear
- Yoke
- Fire
- Bondage
- Gall
- Tyranny
- Servitude
- Humiliation
- Oppression
- Seizing
- Chain
- Degenerate
- Enclave
- Macarthur
- Pride
- Friction
- Slavery
- Reproach
- Scorn
- Foe
- Subunit
- Flank
- Pickering
- Burden
- Load
- Iron
- Restriction
- Disappointment
- Inability
- Enemy
- Cruelty
- Restraint
- Admiration
- Batterie
- Ankle
- Necessity
- Leaf
- Stem
- Regret
- Artillery
- Spur
- Liberty
- Resistance
- Circumstance
- Bond
- Freedom
- Limb
- Habit
- Thread
- Ease
- Slave
- Cannon
- Admiral
- Remark
- Gang
- Assumption
- Neck
- Privilege
- Steel
- Metal
- Shell
- Genius
- Gun
- Reflection
- Worse
- Suspicion
- Weight
- Surface
- Most
Adjective
Wiktionary
GALLING, adjective. Vexing, humiliating
GALLING, verb. Present participle of gall
Dictionary definition
GALLING, adjective. Causing irritation or annoyance; "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 paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.