英语词汇“galling”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Something that's galling is frustrating or exasperating. A galling argument with your parents leaves you irritated and indignant.

Galling things make you angry. It would be galling to lose your job because of someone else's mistake, and it's galling to see some members of society being treated unfairly and feeling helpless to do anything about it. An article with a galling viewpoint makes you fume. Galling comes from the verb gall, which means "annoy," but originally was "chafe or rub until sore."

WORD FAMILY

galling: gallinger, gallingly+/gall: galled, galling, galls

USAGE EXAMPLES

This, I thought, was the long-awaited last straw, an occasion when Grant not only said no but also perhaps found the request itself galling.

New York Times(Mar 27, 2013)

She said the allegations will be "galling" for football fans who buy season tickets and spend a lot of their disposable income on watching games.

BBC(Dec 03, 2016)

Themes and garments inspired by countries like China and Mexico were particularly galling to writer Helin Jung.

Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016)

adj causing irritation or annoyance

found it galling to have to ask permission

Syn

annoying, bothersome, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing
disagreeable

not to your liking

单词	galling
释义	galling (once / 3153 pages) adj Something that's galling is frustrating or exasperating. A galling argument with your parents leaves you irritated and indignant. Galling things make you angry. It would be galling to lose your job because of someone else's mistake, and it's galling to see some members of society being treated unfairly and feeling helpless to do anything about it. An article with a galling viewpoint makes you fume. Galling comes from the verb gall, which means "annoy," but originally was "chafe or rub until sore." WORD FAMILY galling: gallinger, gallingly+/gall: galled, galling, galls USAGE EXAMPLES This, I thought, was the long-awaited last straw, an occasion when Grant not only said no but also perhaps found the request itself galling. New York Times(Mar 27, 2013) She said the allegations will be "galling" for football fans who buy season tickets and spend a lot of their disposable income on watching games. BBC(Dec 03, 2016) Themes and garments inspired by countries like China and Mexico were particularly galling to writer Helin Jung. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) adj causing irritation or annoyance found it galling to have to ask permission Syn annoying, bothersome, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing disagreeable not to your liking
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