Galling
['gɔːlɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gall
(a.) Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating.
Edited by Estelle
Examples
- Mrs. Trenor's unconsciousness of the real stress of the situation had the effect of making it more galling to Lily. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It is the only way out of a false position, and a very galling one. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was not the dullest part of this goad in its galling of Bradley Headstone, that he had made it himself in a moment of incautious anger. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I have had a severe galling to begin with: that will make the small rubs seem easy. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is a terrible moment in young lives when the closeness of love's bond has turned to this power of galling. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Edited by Estelle