[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] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

galling \gall"ing\, a.
   fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating. --
   gall"ingly, adv.
   1913 webster
see also:
gall"ingly 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

galling
     adj : causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm
           on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is
           particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it
           galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating
           delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito";
           "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled
           safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought
           annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to
           have to admit you are wrong" syn: annoying, bothersome,
            irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous,
            plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing
see also:
annoying bothersome irritating nettlesome pesky pestering 
pestiferous plaguy plaguey teasing vexatious 
vexing 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

51 moby thesaurus words for "galling":
   ablative, abradant, abrasive, afflictive, aggravating, annoying,
   attritive, bothering, bothersome, chafing, distasteful, disturbing,
   erosive, exasperating, fretting, gnawing, grating, grievous,
   grinding, harassing, importunate, importune, irking, irksome,
   irritant, irritating, irritative, painful, pesky, pestering,
   pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey,
   plaguing, provoking, rasping, scratchy, stinging, teasing,
   tiresome, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, unpalatable,
   vexatious, vexing, wearisome, worrisome, worrying

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