Antonyms for galled

Grammar : Verb

Spell : gawl

Phonetic Transcription : gɔl

Definition of galled

Origin : "bile," Old English galla (Anglian), gealla (W. Saxon) "gall, bile," from Proto-Germanic *gallon- (cf. Old Norse gall, Old Saxon, Old High German galla, German Galle), from PIE root *ghel- "gold, yellow, yellowish-green" (see Chloe). Informal sense of "impudence, boldness" first recorded American English 1882; but meaning "embittered spirit, rancor" is from c.1200, from the medieval theory of humors. Gall bladder recorded from 1670s.

verb upset, irritate
verb rub raw

Example sentences :

It galled him to take the woman's wages, but it vexed him yet more to do her work.
Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

It galled me when I thought how sportsman-like I had been to attract their attention.
Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey

He had to live on her money, which galled him, and to be assisted by the Dean's money, which was wormwood to him.
Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope

I thought that he was galled to feel that he had been beaten by a novice.
Extract from : « Recollections » by David Christie Murray

It grieves me much that when I came to soothe I have only galled thee.
Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli

This galled him severely, especially as she had refused to see him when he called.
Extract from : « Under Fire » by Frank A. Munsey

Had they been real chains they could have galled him no more than at this moment.
Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories » by Various

She had never been in Europe, and it galled her to be out of the fashion.
Extract from : « Make or Break » by Oliver Optic

He might employ Purvis, but it galled him to think that his future lay in his hands.
Extract from : « Peter and Jane » by S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan

But no money and no food meant that he must work for a wage, and that galled him.
Extract from : « A Tar-Heel Baron » by Mabell Shippie Clarke Pelton

Synonyms for galled

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