Definitions for galling

• Definition
• Anagrams (90)

galling gall·ing

Spelling: [gaw-ling]

IPA: /ˈgɔ lɪŋ/

Galling is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in galling (aggilln).

Definitions for galling

noun

1. a sore on the skin, especially of a horse, due to rubbing; excoriation.
2. something very vexing or irritating.
3. a state of vexation or irritation.

adjective

1. that galls; chafing; irritating; vexing; exasperating.

verb (used with object)

1. to make sore by rubbing; chafe severely:
2. to vex or irritate greatly:

verb (used without object)

1. to be or become chafed.
2. Machinery. (of either of two engaging metal parts) to lose metal to the other because of heat or molecular attraction resulting from friction.
3. Metallurgy. (of a die or compact in powder metallurgy) to lose surface material through adhesion to the die.

Origin of galling

First recorded in 1640-50; gall² + -ing²

Examples for galling

Runfola's defense is nothing short of galling–and her lawyer should be called out for it.

But, boy oh boy, are we about to enter a galling period of hearing them pretend otherwise.

The galling fire proves too much for them and back they come.

But there is no spur so galling as the derisive smile of a comely young woman.

But it was galling to discover that he could not do otherwise.

That galling thought made the blood gush from his gaping wound.

That was galling for those who described the invasion of Iraq as a conflict of choice, not necessity.

This was galling his independent nature, and he determined to avoid it if possible.

How galling it must have been to her to see once radical manifestos used for nostalgia.

To Palmer, the coincidence of his bullpen exile and his return to form was galling.