Words Like GALL

We have put together a list of words that are similar to GALL.

16 Alternative Words Similar to gall

1 Resentment Noun      Synonym Words Like Resentment
2 Bitterness Noun      Synonym Words Like Bitterness
3 Rancor Noun      Synonym Words Like Rancor
4 Rancour Noun      Synonym Words Like Rancour
5 Discourtesy Noun      Synonym Words Like Discourtesy
6 Rudeness Noun      Synonym Words Like Rudeness
7 Sore Noun      Synonym Words Like Sore
8 Vex Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Vex
9 Injure Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Injure
10 Chutzpah Noun      Hyponym
11 Hutzpah Noun      Hyponym
12 Chutzpa Noun      Hyponym
13 Heartburning Noun      Hyponym
14 Grudge Noun      Hyponym Words Like Grudge
15 Score Noun      Hyponym Words Like Score
16 Grievance Noun      Hyponym Words Like Grievance

3 examples of gall

1 a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable.
2 to be galled by sarcasm
3 the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy

10 definitions of gall

1 The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that of the mucous membrane of the gall bladder.
2 The gall bladder.
3 Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor.
4 Impudence; brazen assurance.
5 An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls. Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See gallnut.
6 To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts.
7 To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition
8 To fret; to vex.
9 To injure; to harass; to annoy.
10 To scoff; to jeer.
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