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   Gall

   /ɡôl/

   

   noun

   • 1. annoyance; irritation: "he was filled with gall at the suspected ambitions of his old enemies" Similar irritationirritantannoyancevexationpestnuisanceprovocationbothertormentplaguesource of vexationsource of irritationsource of annoyancethorn in one's side/fleshinformal:aggravationpeevepainpain in one's neckbindboreheadachehasslenyaffskelfpain in the buttnudnikburr under someone's saddlenark
   • 2. (especially of a horse) a sore on the skin made by chafing: "saddle galls" Similar soreulcerulcerationcankerabrasionscrapescratchgrazechafe

   verb

   • 1. make (someone) feel annoyed: "he knew he was losing, and it galled him" Similar irritateannoyvexmake angrymake crossangerexasperateirkpiqueput outdispleaseget/put someone's back upantagonizeget on someone's nervesrub up the wrong wayruffleruffle someone's feathersmake someone's hackles riseraise someone's hacklesinfuriatemaddendrive to distractiongoadprovokeinformal:aggravatepeevehasslemiffrilenettleneedlegetget tobughack offget under someone's skinget in someone's hairget someone's goatrattle someone's cageget someone's dander updrive mad/crazydrive around the benddrive up the wallmake someone see redwind upnarkget acrossget on someone's wickgive someone the humpdrive round the twistget up someone's noseput someone's nose out of jointtee offtick offburn uprankleridegravelrarkinformal, dated:give someone the piprare:exacerbatehumprasp
   • 2. make sore by rubbing: "the straps galled their shoulders" Similar chafeabraderub (against)rub painfullyrub rawscrapegrazeskinscratchraspbarkfretrare:excoriate

   Word Origin Old Englishgealle ‘sore on a horse’, perhaps related to gall1; superseded in Middle English by forms from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch.

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