Found 3 hits - Term: galled, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gall \gall\, v. t. imp. p. p. galled gaddld; p. pr.
vb. n. galling. oe. gallen; cf. f. galer to scratch, rub,
gale scurf, scab, g. galle a disease in horses' feet, an
excrescence under the tongue of horses; of uncertain origin.
cf. gall gallnut.
1. 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; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall
a mast or a cable.
1913 webster
i am loth to gall a new-healed wound. --shak.
1913 webster
2. to fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm.
1913 webster
they that are most galled with my folly,
they most must laugh. --shak.
1913 webster
3. to injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled
by the shot of the enemy.
1913 webster
in our wars against the french of old, we used to
gall them with our longbows, at a greater distance
than they could shoot their arrows. --addison.
1913 webster
see also:
galled galling gall
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
galled
adj : painful from having the skin abraded syn: chafed
see also:
chafed
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
37 moby thesaurus words for "galled":
aggravated, algetic, angry, annoyed, bothered, browned-off, bugged,
burning, burnt-up, chafed, disturbed, exasperated, festering,
fiery, griped, inflamed, irked, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved,
piqued, provoked, rankling, raw, red, resentful, riled, roiled,
ruffled, sensitive, smarting, sore, tender, tingling, troubled,
vexed
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