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gall
Synonyms and Antonyms of gall
- Her kindly feelings turned to gall when she found out her nephew only wanted her money.
- I can't believe he had the gall to ask me how much money I make.
audaciousness, audacity, brashness, brass, brassiness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah (also chutzpa), crust, effrontery, face, nerve, nerviness, pertness, presumption, presumptuousness, sauce, sauciness, temerity
Synonym Discussion of gall
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- had the temerity to refuse
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- an entrepreneur with audacity and vision
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- admired for her hardihood
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- outraged at his effrontery
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- the nerve of that guy
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- has the cheek to call herself a singer
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- had the gall to demand proof
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- the chutzpah needed for a career in show business
gall
Synonyms and Antonyms of gall
- Move that rope so the sharp edge of the hull doesn't gall it.
- It absolutely galls me that some millionaires pay no taxes.
inflame (also enflame), provoke, rouse
badger, bait, bullyrag (also ballyrag), devil, hagride, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease
anger, antagonize, enrage, incense, infuriate, madden, rankle, roil
agitate, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, exercise, freak (out), fret, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry
get one's goat, get on one's nerves, get to, rub the wrong way, set one's teeth on edge, stick in one's craw, wear on
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