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galling

[ gaw-ling ]

adjective

  1. that galls; chafing; irritating; vexing.

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galling

/ ˈɡɔ˱ôɪŋ /

adjective

  1. irritating, exasperating, or bitterly humiliating
  2. obsolete.
    rubbing painfully; chafing
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²µ²¹±ô±ô¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²µ²¹±ô±ôi²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
  • ²µ²¹±ô±ôi²Ô²µÂ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·²µ²¹±ô±ôi²Ô²µ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of galling1

First recorded in 1640–50; gall 2 + -ing 2
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Musk's baby-faced boy army is just an especially galling example of how the billionaire believes random know-nothing right-wingers should usurp the authority of elected representatives.

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What’s galling is that Republicans, rather than simply condemning Trump, are drawing a false equivalence between his action and former President’s Biden’s last-minute preemptive pardon of his siblings and their spouses.

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That a non-Latino will represent the Eastside, the cradle of Latino politics in the city, for the first time in nearly 40 years, is particularly galling to some Eastside residents and especially politicos.

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Even more galling, Trump is trying to do the same thing again.

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Johnson's comments that the transfer of power was "peaceful" are particularly galling in the wake of Jack Smith's most-recent bombshell filing in Trump's ongoing election interference case.

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