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galled
gall 1 G0016800 (gôl)n.1. Outrageous insolence; effrontery: After borrowing my car, he had the gall to complain about its seats.2. a. Bitterness of feeling; rancor.b. Something bitter to endure: the gall of defeat.3. See bile.
[Middle English galle, gallbladder, bile, courage, from Old English gealla, galla, bile; see ghel- in Indo-European roots.]
gall 2 G0016800 (gôl)n.1. A skin sore caused by friction and abrasion: a saddle gall.2. a. Exasperation; vexation.b. The cause of such vexation.v. galled, gall·ing, galls v.tr.1. To irk or exasperate; vex: It galled me to have to wait outside.2. To wear away or make sore by abrasion; chafe:v.intr. To become worn or sore by abrasion.
[Middle English galle, from Old English gealla, possibly from Latin galla, nutgall.]
gall 3 G0016800 (gôl)n. An abnormal growth of plant tissue caused by an organism, such as an insect, mite, or bacterium, or by a wound.
[Middle English galle, from Old French, from Latin galla, nutgall.]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | galled - painful from having the skin abradedchafedpainful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness" |
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