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Because of her long-standing commitment to her workout regimen and strong play inside, the weight room disparity was particularly galling.
The revelations were especially galling given how Cuomo had boasted about his handling of the pandemic while New Yorkers were still in its throes.
ANDREW CUOMO WAS A 'RESISTANCE' ICON. NOW THERE'S 'BLOOD IN THE WATER'CHARLOTTE ALTERMARCH 2, 2021TIME
It’s great to see progress in the right direction, but it’s galling for anyone who falls outside of this and is still being actively discriminated against.
STILL FIGHTING FOR PARENTAL RIGHTS IN IRELANDRANAE VON MEDINGFEBRUARY 14, 2021WASHINGTON BLADE
Prejudices always seem to ebb with a galling sluggishness, but an old one about Polynesian-American football players just keeps on rushing from dead to deader.
CLEMSON’S D.J. UIAGALELEI CONTINUING PROUD TRADITION OF POLYNESIAN QUARTERBACKSCHUCK CULPEPPERNOVEMBER 6, 2020WASHINGTON POST
The galling part of it was that Aunt Linda knew, and was chuckling, so to speak, over my discomfiture.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUS
As the British line advanced slowly and in exact order, the guides opened a galling fire.
THE SPYJ. FENIMORE COOPER
Galling though the Irish laws were, they never went so far as to make the mere holding of heretical opinions criminal.
IS ULSTER RIGHT?ANONYMOUS
Yet it was infinitely galling to be hidden away in this manner.
A GERMAN POMPADOURMARIE HAY
Sometimes the thought seemed pleasant, then again it would be galling in the extreme.
A CALIFORNIA GIRLEDWARD ELDRIDGE
They take a fiendish delight in torturing us with tantrums, galling us with gammon, and pelting us with platitudes.
THE FIEND'S DELIGHTDOD GRILE
WORDS RELATED TO GALLING
- afflictive
- annoying
- bad
- brutal
- calamitous
- cruel
- dire
- disagreeable
- displeasing
- distasteful
- disturbing
- galling
- grievous
- hard
- harsh
- heartbreaking
- hurtful
- inclement
- intemperate
- intense
- merciless
- offensive
- poignant
- provoking
- rigorous
- rugged
- ruthless
- savage
- severe
- sharp
- stinging
- unpalatable
- unpleasant
- vexatious
- woeful
- ambitious
- arduous
- backbreaker
- bothersome
- burdensome
- challenging
- crucial
- demanding
- difficile
- easier said than done
- effortful
- exacting
- formidable
- galling
- gargantuan
- hard-won
- heavy
- herculean
- immense
- intricate
- irritating
- labored
- laborious
- no picnic
- not easy
- onerous
- operose
- painful
- problem
- problematic
- prohibitive
- rigid
- severe
- stiff
- strenuous
- titanic
- toilsome
- tough
- troublesome
- trying
- unyielding
- uphill
- upstream
- wearisome
- abhorrent
- abominable
- afflictive
- bitter
- detestable
- disagreeable
- dislikable
- displeasing
- flat
- flavorless
- galling
- grievous
- grody
- gross
- hateful
- icky
- insipid
- loathsome
- nauseous
- objectionable
- obnoxious
- odious
- offensive
- painful
- repellent
- repugnant
- savorless
- tasteless
- unappetizing
- undesirable
- uninviting
- unlikable
- unpalatable
- unsavory
- yicky
- yucky
- ambitious
- arduous
- backbreaker
- bothersome
- burdensome
- challenging
- crucial
- demanding
- difficile
- easier said than done
- effortful
- exacting
- formidable
- galling
- gargantuan
- hard-won
- heavy
- herculean
- immense
- intricate
- irritating
- labored
- laborious
- no picnic
- not easy
- onerous
- operose
- painful
- problem
- problematic
- prohibitive
- rigid
- severe
- stiff
- strenuous
- titanic
- toilsome
- tough
- troublesome
- trying
- unyielding
- uphill
- upstream
- wearisome
- arduous
- austere
- backbreaking
- burdensome
- crushing
- cumbersome
- demanding
- difficult
- distressing
- exacting
- excessive
- exhausting
- exigent
- fatiguing
- formidable
- galling
- grave
- grinding
- grueling
- hard
- harsh
- headache
- heavy
- intolerable
- irksome
- laborious
- merciless
- oppressive
- overpowering
- overtaxing
- painful
- plodding
- ponderous
- pressing
- responsible
- rigorous
- serious
- severe
- strenuous
- taxing
- tiresome
- tiring
- toilsome
- troublesome
- vexatious
- weighty
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.