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galling
[ gaw-ling ]
galling
/ ˈɡɔːlɪŋ /
adjective
- irritating, exasperating, or bitterly humiliating
- obsolete.rubbing painfully; chafing
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Derived Forms
- ˈgallingly, adverb
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Other Words From
- galling·ly adverb
- galling·ness noun
- un·galling adjective
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Example Sentences
But it is particularly galling to watch the feminist superhero be treated in such a way.
Runfola's defense is nothing short of galling–and her lawyer should be called out for it.
To Palmer, the coincidence of his bullpen exile and his return to form was galling.
How galling it must have been to her to see once radical manifestos used for nostalgia.
That was galling for those who described the invasion of Iraq as a conflict of choice, not necessity.
The galling part of it was that Aunt Linda knew, and was chuckling, so to speak, over my discomfiture.
As the British line advanced slowly and in exact order, the guides opened a galling fire.
Galling though the Irish laws were, they never went so far as to make the mere holding of heretical opinions criminal.
Yet it was infinitely galling to be hidden away in this manner.
Sometimes the thought seemed pleasant, then again it would be galling in the extreme.
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