galling

The word “galling” has 2 syllables: gal-ling

It's pronounced as /ˈɡɔː.lɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for galling?

In the thesaurus, “galling” has 191 synonyms and 38 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for galling along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for galling

abrading
abrasive
acid
acute
afflicting
afflictive
affronting
aggravating
agitating
agonizing
angering
annoying
antagonizing
appalling
awful
bad
badgering
baiting
ballyragging
biting
bitter
bothering
bothersome
brattish
bratty
breaking down
breaking up
bugging
bullyragging
burdensome
burning
carking
chafing
chewing
corrading
corroding
cruel
decomposing
deviling
devilling
dire
discomforting
discomposing
disintegrating
displeasing
disquieting
dissolving
distasteful
distractive
distressing
disturbing
dreadful
eating
enflaming
enraging
erasing
eroding
exasperating
excoriating
excruciating
exercising
extreme
filing
flaying
fraying
frazzling
fretting
frosting
frustrating
getting
getting to
ghastly
gnawing
grating
grazing
grievous
grinding
griping
hagriding
harassing
harrowing
harrying
harsh
hassling
heartrending
heckling
honing
horrible
humiliating
hurtful
importunate
importune
incensing
inconveniencing
inflaming
infuriating
insufferable
insulting
insupportable
intense
intolerable
irking
irksome
irritating
itching
jangling
jarring
maddening
miffing
mischievous
miserable
nagging
narking
nasty
nettlesome
nettling
nibbling
offending
offensive
outraging
painful
peeling
peeving
persecuting
perturbing
pesky
pestering
pestiferous
pestilent
pestilential
pesty
piercing
piquing
plaguey
plaguing
plaguy
provoking
putting out
rankling
rasping
rebarbative
reducing
riling
roiling
rotten
rousing
rubbing
rubbing out
rubbing the wrong way
ruffling
sandblasting
sandpapering
scouring
scraping
scratching
scuffing
severe
sharpening
shaving
skinning
spiny
spiting
stressful
teasing
terrible
thorny
tiresome
tormenting
torturous
troublesome
troubling
trying
unacceptable
unbearable
undoing
unendurable
unhinging
unpalatable
unsettling
unsupportable
upsetting
vexatious
vexing
vile
wearing
wearing on
wearing out
whetting
worrisome
worrying
wretched

Antonyms for galling

acceptable
agreeable
allowable
appeasing
assuring
bearable
cheering
comforting
conciliating
consoling
contenting
delightful
delighting
endurable
gladdening
gratifying
livable
liveable
mollifying
obliging
pacifying
placating
pleasant
pleasing
propitiating
quieting
reasonable
reassuring
satisfying
solacing
soothing
sufferable
supportable
survivable
sustainable
sweet
tolerable
wonderful

Meanings of galling

verb
1. To bother or trouble.
2. To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
3. To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
4. To exasperate.
5. To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
6. To scoff; to jeer.
7. To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
noun
1. Wear caused by adhesion between sliding surfaces.
adjective
1. Vexing, humiliating.

Example Sentences

It's galling to witness such blatant injustice without any recourse.
After all his hard work, it was galling to see someone else take credit for his achievements.
The constant delays were particularly galling for commuters who relied on punctual public transport.
It's galling to think that we're paying so much for such poor service.
Their indifference to our concerns is incredibly galling, considering how much we've invested in this project.

On this page you'll find 229 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to galling, such as: abrading, abrasive, acceptable, acid, acute, afflicting, afflictive.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.