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Definitions for Gall

[1] impudence; effrontery.
[2] bile, especially that of an animal.
[3] something bitter or severe.
[4] bitterness of spirit; rancor.
[5] gall and wormwood , bitterness of spirit; deep resentment.
[6] to make sore by rubbing; chafe severely: The saddle galled the horse's back.
[7] to vex or irritate greatly: His arrogant manner galls me.
[8] to be or become chafed.
[9] Machinery . (of either of two engaging metal parts) to lose metal to the other because of heat or molecular attraction resulting from friction.
[10] Metallurgy . (of a die or compact in powder metallurgy) to lose surface material through adhesion to the die.
[11] a sore on the skin, especially of a horse, due to rubbing; excoriation.
[12] something very vexing or irritating.
[13] a state of vexation or irritation.
[14] any abnormal vegetable growth or excrescence on plants, caused by various agents, as insects, nematodes, fungi, bacteria, viruses, chemicals, and mechanical injuries.
[15] Pizi , 1840?–94, leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn.
[16] informal impudence
[17] bitterness; rancour
[18] something bitter or disagreeable
[19] physiol an obsolete term for bile 1
[20] an obsolete term for gall bladder
[21] a sore on the skin caused by chafing
[22] something that causes vexation or annoyance a gall to the spirits
[23] irritation; exasperation
[24] pathol to abrade (the skin, etc) as by rubbing
[25] (tr) to irritate or annoy; vex
[26] an abnormal outgrowth in plant tissue caused by certain parasitic insects, fungi, bacteria, or mechanical injury

Words related to Gall

chutzpah, annoy, bedevil, disturb, nag, exasperate, peeve, vex, rile, irk, torment, irritate, frazzle, malice, rancor, animosity, presumption, confidence, spite, malevolence

Words nearby Gall

galingale, galinsoga, galion, galiot, galipot, gall, gall 1, gall bladder, gall duct, gall midge, gall mite

Origin of Gall

31350–1400; Middle English galle < Middle French < Latin galla gallnut. See gall2

Other words from Gall

un·galled , adjective

Word origin for Gall

C14: from Old French galle, from Latin galla

Synonyms for Gall

chutzpah, acrimony, animosity, arrogance, bitterness, brass, brazenness, cheek, conceit, confidence, effrontery, guts, haughtiness, hostility, impertinence, impudence, insolence, malevolence, malice, pomposity, presumption, rancor, sauciness, self-importance, spite, venom, crust cynicism, overbearance