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Definition: Galling |
GallingAdjective1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "galling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Metallurgy | The damaging of one or both metallic surfaces by removal of particles from localized areas during sliding friction. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The partial welding together of sliding metallic surfaces. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Damage to the surface of both surfaces of materials sliding in contact with each other due to local welding of high spots. May result in removal of material from both surfaces. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: GallingSynonyms: annoying (adj), bothersome (adj), irritating (adj), nettlesome (adj), pesky (adj), pestering (adj), pestiferous (adj), plaguey (adj), plaguy (adj), teasing (adj), vexatious (adj), vexing (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Malevolence | Malicious; malign, malignant; rancorous; despiteful, spiteful; mordacious, caustic, bitter, envenomed, acrimonious, virulent; unamiable, uncharitable; maleficent, venomous, grinding, galling. |
Pain | Irritating, provoking, stinging, annoying, aggravating, mortifying, galling; unaccommodating, invidious, vexatious; troublesome, tiresome, irksome, wearisome; plaguing, plaguy; awkward. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Galling |
| English words defined with "galling": annoying ♦ bothersome ♦ irritating ♦ nettlesome ♦ pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy ♦ teasing ♦ vexatious, vexing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "galling": cutting fluid. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
J. M. Synge | Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | The chain that bound her here was of iron links, and galling to her inmost soul, but could never be broken. |
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| "Galling" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Galling" is used about 70 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 70 | 39,981 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "galling": annoying galling chafing irritating nettlesome pesky pestiferous pestilent plaguy plaguey teasing vexatious vexing. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
galling | 14 |
anti galling | 7 |
cause galling | 3 |
galling stainless steel | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "galling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | poshtërues (derogatory, humiliating, ignominious, vituperative), e gërvishtur. (various references) | |
Arabic | مزعج (aggravating, annoying, bore, bothering, bothersome, disagreeable, disquieting, disturber, disturbing, grating, harsh, horrid, importunate, importune, intruder, irksome, irritating, mean, mischievous, offensive, pain in the neck, pestilential, plaguy, provoking, terrible, tiresome, troubled, troublesome, ugly, uncomfortable, unpleasant, upsetting, vexatious, vexing, wicked, worrisome), مثير للحنق. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | оскърбление (abuse, affront, contumely, flout, hurt, insult, knock, offence, outrage), оскърбителен (abusive, contumelious, insulting, invidious, offensive, opprobrious, rude, uncomplitary, wrongful), жулещ, протриване (fraying). (various references) | |
Chinese | "伤 (Chafed, Chafing, galled). (various references) | |
Danish | rivning (fouling, fretting, grinding, milling, plucking, raking, reaming, rippling, seizing, to rake), adhaesivt slid (fouling, seizing, seizure). (various references) | |
Dutch | vreten (eat, feed, seizing). (various references) | |
Finnish | kitkasyöpyminen, kiinnileikkautuminen. (various references) | |
French | gripure, grippure, grippage, irritant, humiliant, exaspérant, blessant. (various references) | |
German | ärgerlich (aggravating, angrily, angry, annoyed, annoying, cross, exasperating, infuriating, irksomely, irritating, irritatingly, peeved, pesky, resentful, upset, upsetting, vexatious, vexatiously, vexing). (various references) | |
Greek | γδάρσιμο λόγω τριβής, πληγή (canker, fouling, injury, laceration, lesion, minus, plague, scourge, seizing, sore, wound), ερεθιστικόσ (exciting, inflammatory, irritant, irritative, provoking, stimulant, vexatious, vexing), αγκίστρωση (fouling, seizing, seizure). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ממרר, משפיל (degrading, ignominius, lowering), מר'יז (aggravating, annoying, tiresome, vexatious). (various references) | |
Hungarian | bosszantó (aggravating, annoying, disagreeable, disappointing, exasperating, importunate, invidious, irking, irksome, nettlesome, pesky, pestilent, plaguesome, plaguy, provocative, trying, vexatious, vexing). (various references) | |
Italian | grippaggio (binding, fouling, jamming, locking, seizing, seizure), sfregamento (fouling, fretting, friction, rubbing, seizing). (various references) | |
Manx | galvergagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | allinggay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | gripagem (fouling, seizing, seizure). (various references) | |
Romanian | susţinut puternic, iritant (aggravating, exasperating, irritant, irritating, vexatious, vexing), exasperant (aggravating, exasperating). (various references) | |
Russian | ссадина (abrasion, chap, erosion, excoriation, gall, raw, scratch), раздражение (annoyance, exasperation, fret, inflammation, irritation, petulance, pique, provocation, rasp, ruffle, senitization, vexation), неприятный (disagreeable, dislikable, displeasing, distasteful, ill-favored, ill-favoured, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, plaguesome, plaguy, repellent, rotten, ugly customer, unagreeable, unfavorable, unfavourable, ungrateful, unlovable, unlovely, unpalatable, unpleasant, wampus). (various references) | |
Scottish | fuithein , fuifein (a galling). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | koji razdražava. (various references) | |
Spanish | gripado (fouling, fretting, fretting corrosion, friction oxydation, seizing, seizure), mortificante (mortifier, mortifying), humillante (abasing, degrading, humiliating, humiliating person, mortifying), hiriente (hurtful, wounding). (various references) | |
Swedish | kärvning. (various references) | |
Turkish | gurur kırıcı, güce giden, kırıcı (breaker, cutting, disobliging, harsh, injurious, invidious, offending, scathing, scorching, shocking, stinging, unkind), incitici (hurtful, impolite, injurious, offending, stinging). (various references) | |
Ukranian | садно (abrasion, chafe, chap, raw, rawness), непри"меий, подразнення (chafing), подразливий. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adustione, adustionem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "galling": gallingly. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "galling": begalling, spurgalling. (additional references) | |
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"Galling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gaeling, galin, gallan, gallanga, galliagh, Gallienne, galligu, Gallini, Gallino, Gaoliang, gaoling, garling, gatling, Gatlings, gaulling, gelang, gelfling, geling, gillings, gillying, gling, goaling, goatling, Gwallawg. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "galling" (pronounced gô"ling) |
| 4 | -ô" l i ng | appalling, balling, brawling, calling, crawling, hauling, installing, mothballing, recalling, sprawling, stalling, walling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | ailing, ambling, angling, annealing, appealing, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: gingall. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-g-i-l-l-n" | |
-1 letter: gingal. | |
-2 letters: aging, algin, align, glial, liang, ligan, linga. | |
-3 letters: agin, anil, gain, gall, gang, giga, gill, glia, lain, lang, ling, nail, nill. | |
-4 letters: ail, ain, all, ani, gag, gal, gan, gig, gin, ill, lag, lin, nag, nil. | |
-5 letters: ag, ai, al, an, in, la, li, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-g-i-l-l-n" | |
+1 letter: alleging, gallying, ganglial, gingalls. | |
+2 letters: begalling, collaging, galingale, galleting, gallingly, galloping, gavelling, glaringly, pillaging, tallaging. | |
+3 letters: algolagnia, flaggingly, galingales, gallanting, gallerying, gambolling, gimballing, glancingly, gloatingly, gravelling, laughingly, legalising, legalizing, signalling. | |
+4 letters: algolagniac, algolagnias, challenging, colligating, gallicizing, globalising, globalizing, highballing, legislating, spurgalling. | |
+5 letters: agglutinable, algolagniacs, allegorising, allegorizing, allografting, anagogically, angelologies, angelologist, ballyragging, billingsgate, bullyragging, flagellating, galligaskins, gallivanting, genealogical, gigantically, glassblowing, illegalizing, lallygagging, lollygagging, unflaggingly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 61 6C 6C 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .- .-.. .-.. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100001 01101100 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G a l l i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0061 006C 006C 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41677878758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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