Synonyms for galling
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Irritating — vexing, humiliating; eliciting indignation or bitterness
irritating, annoying, troublesome, vexing, teasing, vexatious, bothersome, pesky informal, pestiferous, plaguy, nettlesome, irksome, pestilential
Definitions
- adj. 1
Vexing, humiliating; eliciting indignation or bitterness.
Example sentences
- annoying When one is sick, visitors can be rather annoying.
- irritating My neighbor's dog's constant barking is irritating.
- troublesome Nothing is troublesome that one does willingly.
- vexing Mary has a rather vexing problem.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| galling | steady | |
| annoying | rising | |
| irritating | rising | |
| troublesome | falling | |
| vexing | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- pesky2
- 6 letters
- vexing2, plaguy
- 7 letters
- teasing2, irksome2
- 8 letters
- annoying3
- 9 letters
- vexatious3
- 10 letters
- irritating4, bothersome3, nettlesome3
- 11 letters
- troublesome3, pestiferous
- 12 letters
- pestilential
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pesky2 = 2 syllables).