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galling::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | annoying, bothersome, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
found it galling to have to ask permission.
Examples of galling
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What makes is even more galling is the lies peddaled about lawyers remuneration.
From the guardian.co.uk
What's galling is that the Pirates haven't even had that year or two since 1993.
From the post-gazette.com
For the creationists it is galling that any of these issues lead to controversy.
From the scienceblogs.com
Galling then, that Black Caviar seems to have beaten them to the post yet again.
From the cnn.com
All they've done now is make our loss and the manner of it all the more galling.
From the guardian.co.uk
There are few things more galling than finding oneself in reduced circumstances.
From the newscientist.com
Particularly galling were the chances at interceptions that fell to the ground.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Maybe the draft wouldn't be so galling if the process weren't so deeply flawed.
From the theatlantic.com
For the unions, the Senate's inability to pass EFCA is devastating and galling.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Annoying: 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 ...
- (galled) chafed: painful from having the skin abraded
- Galling usually refers to adhesive wear and transfer of material between metallic surfaces during sheet metal forming and other industrial applications where relative motion are involved. ...
- Vexing, humiliating
- (galled) (v): (1) infected with veneral disease. FS (T&C). (2) gall/gaul (v): irritate, harasse. FS (10); Cf. Gascoigne Jocasta. The meaning here is unclear.
- (galled) F: the state of a mast, yard, cable, or other rope, when it is deprived of the surface, and chafed by friction. ...
- A severe form of adhesive wear which occurs during sliding contact of one surface relative to another. Clumps of one part stick to the mating part and break away from the surface. ...
- A condition whereby excessive friction between high spots results in localized welding with subsequent spalling and a further roughening of the rubbing surfaces of one or both or two mating parts.
- A cold-welding process by which male and female threads become fused together under high amounts of pressure. Most prevalent with fasteners made of stainless steel, aluminum, or titanium because of the oxide surface film that these materials produce. (top)
