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Synonyms for galling

adj very upsetting

adjective. irritating in manner

adjective. difficult; requiring hard labor

"irritating, offensive," 1580s, figurative use of present participle of gall (v.).

That galling thought made the blood gush from his gaping wound.

This was galling his independent nature, and he determined to avoid it if possible.

But it was galling to discover that he could not do otherwise.

The galling fire proves too much for them and back they come.

But there is no spur so galling as the derisive smile of a comely young woman.

I have seen you gleeking4 and galling at this gentleman twice or thrice.

The last words were galling, in the extreme, to Raoul de Fontaine.

And would he wait for the rest now—now that the situation was so galling to him?

Barboux had theories of his own, which they received with a galling silence.

It was such a pitiable and galling result of a gallant fight.