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Gall

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Noun

1. gall, saddle sore

an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle

2. gall

a skin sore caused by chafing

3. gall

abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury

4. bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour, resentment

a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

5. bile, gall

a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats

6. cheekiness, crust, freshness, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence

the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties

Verb

7. chafe, fret, gall

become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

8. gall, irk

irritate or vex

Example Sentences:
'It galls me that we lost the suit'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gall

see synonyms of gall
noun
1. informal
impudence
2. 
bitterness; rancour
3. 
something bitter or disagreeable
4. physiology an obsolete term for bile1
5.  an obsolete term for gallbladder
noun
1. 
a sore on the skin caused by chafing
2. 
something that causes vexation or annoyance
a gall to the spirits
3. 
irritation; exasperation
verb
4. pathology
to abrade (the skin, etc) as by rubbing
5. (transitive)
to irritate or annoy; vex
noun
an abnormal outgrowth in plant tissue caused by certain parasitic insects, fungi, bacteria, or mechanical injury
abbreviation for
gallon

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Gall

see synonyms of gall
noun
1. 
bile (sense 1)
2.  Archaic
the gallbladder
3. 
something that is bitter or distasteful
4. 
bitter feeling; rancor
5.  US
rude boldness; impudence; audacity
noun
1. 
a sore on the skin, esp. of a horse's back, caused by rubbing or chafing
2. 
irritation or annoyance, or a cause of this
verb transitive
3. 
to injure or make sore by rubbing; chafe
4. 
to irritate; annoy; vex
verb intransitive
5.  Rare
to become sore from rubbing or chafing
noun
a tumor on plant tissue caused by stimulation by fungi, insects, or bacteria: galls formed on oak trees have a high tannic acid content and are used commercially

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gall

see synonyms of gall
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.
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.
n.
An abnormal growth of plant tissue caused by an organism, such as an insect, mite, or bacterium, or by a wound.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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