galling 音标拼音: [g'ɔlɪŋ]
a . 使烦恼的,使焦躁的,难堪的
使烦恼的,使焦躁的,难堪的
galling adj 1 :
causing irritation or annoyance ; "
tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork "; "
aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport "; "
found it galling to have to ask permission "; "
an irritating delay "; "
nettlesome paperwork "; "
a pesky mosquito ";
"
swarms of pestering gnats "; "
a plaguey newfangled safety catch "; "
a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him ";
"
a vexatious child "; "
it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong " [
synonym : {
annoying }, {
bothersome }, {
galling },
{
irritating }, {
nettlesome }, {
pesky }, {
pestering },
{
pestiferous }, {
plaguy }, {
plaguey }, {
teasing },
{
vexatious }, {
vexing }]
Gall \
Gall \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Galled } (
g [
add ]
ld );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Galling }.] [
OE .
gallen ;
cf .
F .
galer to scratch ,
rub ,
gale scurf ,
scab ,
G .
galle a disease in horses '
feet ,
an excrescence under the tongue of horses ;
of uncertain origin .
Cf . {
Gall }
gallnut .]
1 .
To fret and wear away by friction ;
to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing ;
to chafe ;
to injure the surface of by attrition ;
as ,
a saddle galls the back of a horse ;
to gall a mast or a cable .
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I am loth to gall a new -
healed wound . --
Shak .
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2 .
To fret ;
to vex ;
as ,
to be galled by sarcasm .
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They that are most galled with my folly ,
They most must laugh . --
Shak .
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3 .
To injure ;
to harass ;
to annoy ;
as ,
the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy .
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In our wars against the French of old ,
we used to gall them with our longbows ,
at a greater distance than they could shoot their arrows . --
Addison .
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Galling \
Gall "
ing \,
a .
Fitted to gall or chafe ;
vexing ;
harassing ;
irritating . --
{
Gall "
ing *
ly },
adv .
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51 Moby Thesaurus words for "
galling ":
ablative ,
abradant ,
abrasive ,
afflictive ,
aggravating ,
annoying ,
attritive ,
bothering ,
bothersome ,
chafing ,
distasteful ,
disturbing ,
erosive ,
exasperating ,
fretting ,
gnawing ,
grating ,
grievous ,
grinding ,
harassing ,
importunate ,
importune ,
irking ,
irksome ,
irritant ,
irritating ,
irritative ,
painful ,
pesky ,
pestering ,
pestiferous ,
pestilent ,
pestilential ,
plaguesome ,
plaguey ,
plaguing ,
provoking ,
rasping ,
scratchy ,
stinging ,
teasing ,
tiresome ,
tormenting ,
troublesome ,
troubling ,
unpalatable ,
vexatious ,
vexing ,
wearisome ,
worrisome ,
worrying
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