All gall synonyms
gall
G g verb gall
- annoy β If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
- bedevil β If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- nag β to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
- peeve β to render peevish; annoy.
- vex β to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
- rile β to irritate or vex.
- irk β to irritate, annoy, or exasperate: It irked him to wait in line.
- torment β to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
- irritate β to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- frazzle β the state of being frazzled or worn-out.
- chafe β If your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it.
- aggravate β If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse.
- ruffle β to beat (a drum) in this manner.
- chide β If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish.
- rub β to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- bother β If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
- burn β If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
- scrape β to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- inflame β to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- harass β to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
- plague β French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- roil β to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- harry β to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
- grate β a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- trouble β to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- provoke β to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- pester β to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
- worry β to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- fret β to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
- abrade β To abrade something means to scrape or wear down its surface by rubbing it.
- scuff β to scrape (something) with one's foot or feet.
- scratch β to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- corrode β If metal or stone corrodes, or is corroded, it is gradually destroyed by a chemical or by rust.
- graze β to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing: to graze against a rough wall.
- wear β to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- file β a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
- skin β the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- bark β When a dog barks, it makes a short, loud noise, once or several times.
- fray β a raveled or worn part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.
adjective gall
- stuck up β snobbishly conceited.
- swollen-headed β conceited
- hot stuff β a person or thing of exceptional interest or merit.
- conceited β If you say that someone is conceited, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they are far too proud of their abilities or achievements.
- loudmouth β a loudmouthed person.
noun gall
- sore β suffering bodily pain from wounds, bruises, etc., as a person: He is sore because of all that exercise.
- irritation β the act of irritating or the state of being irritated.
- lesion β an injury; hurt; wound.
- wound β the act of winding.