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Antonyms for galling


Grammar : Adj
Spell : gaw-ling
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɔ lɪŋ



Definition of galling

Origin :
  • "irritating, offensive," 1580s, figurative use of present participle of gall (v.).
  • adj very upsetting
Example sentences :
  • That galling thought made the blood gush from his gaping wound.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • This was galling his independent nature, and he determined to avoid it if possible.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • But it was galling to discover that he could not do otherwise.
  • Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
  • The galling fire proves too much for them and back they come.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
  • But there is no spur so galling as the derisive smile of a comely young woman.
  • Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • I have seen you gleeking4 and galling at this gentleman twice or thrice.
  • Extract from : « King Henry the Fifth » by William Shakespeare
  • The last words were galling, in the extreme, to Raoul de Fontaine.
  • Extract from : « Saint Bartholomew's Eve » by G. A. Henty
  • And would he wait for the rest now—now that the situation was so galling to him?
  • Extract from : « The Coast of Chance » by Esther Chamberlain
  • Barboux had theories of his own, which they received with a galling silence.
  • Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • It was such a pitiable and galling result of a gallant fight.
  • Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade

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