Synonyms of galled

galled 1 of 2

adjective

as in irritated

subjected to and reacting with irritation

I was particularly galled when she didn't even offer to pay half the cab fare

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritated
• annoyed
• bothered
• exasperated
• upset
• angry
• displeased
• aggravated
• infuriated
• vexed
• angered
• irritable
• peeved
• frustrated
• outraged
• indignant
• irked
• narked
• troubled
• disturbed
• scunnered
• mad
• distressed
• perturbed
• sore
• put out
• irate
• rankled
• inflamed
• teed off
• resentful
• bristly
• churlish
• riled
• fretful
• provoked
• peevish
• ireful
• irascible
• bilious
• cantankerous
• petulant
• shirty
• steaming
• dyspeptic
• cross
• tortured
• snappish
• badgered
• tormented
• huffy
• testy
• harassed
• tried
• tested
• plagued
• harried
• disapproving
• snuffy
• persecuted
• roiled
• grouchy
• grumpy
• piqued
• choleric
• touchy
• crabby
• ill-humored
• pestered
• bedeviled
• hassled
• inconvenienced
• cranky
• bearish
• haggled
• fussy
• pinpricked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pleased
• satisfied
• happy
• content
• delighted
• calm
• placid
• serene
• tranquil
• peaceable
• pacific

galled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of gall

1

as in eroded

to damage or diminish by continued friction

move that rope so the sharp edge of the hull doesn't gall it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eroded
• wore
• frayed
• rubbed
• chafed
• abraded
• reduced
• fretted
• rasped
• scraped
• shaved
• erased
• frazzled
• sharpened
• gnawed
• ate
• corraded
• filed
• ground
• sandpapered
• scoured
• chewed
• grazed
• scuffed
• sandblasted
• corroded
• grated
• decomposed
• nibbled
• bit
• wore out
• disintegrated
• wiped (away)
• dissolved
• whetted
• rubbed out
• honed
• broke up
• broke down

2

as in annoyed

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts

humming through your nose like that absolutely galls me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annoyed
• bothered
• irritated
• bugged
• persecuted
• got
• nettled
• aggravated
• chafed
• vexed
• infuriated
• exasperated
• irked
• angered
• itched
• riled
• peeved
• griped
• worried
• ate
• ruffled
• grated
• burned (up)
• rasped
• got to
• narked
• piqued
• wore on
• spited
• plagued
• frosted
• put out
• insulted
• teased
• provoked
• hacked (off)
• enraged
• upset
• offended
• harassed
• roused
• nagged
• rankled
• got one's goat
• rubbed the wrong way
• stuck in one's craw
• incensed
• got on one's nerves
• heckled
• inflamed
• set one's teeth on edge
• hassled
• badgered
• maddened
• pestered
• perturbed
• antagonized
• outraged
• agitated
• affronted
• disquieted
• harried
• discomposed
• distressed
• miffed
• unsettled
• roiled
• baited
• fretted
• deviled
• unhinged
• discomforted
• exercised
• undid
• bullyragged
• freaked (out)
• hagrode

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obliged
• mollified
• appeased
• pleased
• pacified
• delighted
• gratified
• satisfied
• placated
• conciliated
• assured
• propitiated
• cheered
• comforted
• gladdened
• consoled
• reassured
• contented
• quieted
• soothed
• solaced

3

as in scratched

to make sore by continued rubbing

tie your shoes so they don't gall your heels sliding on and off like that

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritated
• scratched
• scraped
• chafed
• fretted
• excoriated
• abraded
• grazed
• burned
• peeled
• inflamed
• skinned
• flayed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of galled

Verb

Bundle is also galled by Lady Coote’s refusal to mention at the inquest that the fatal sleeping draft was from a bottle she’d given to her sleepless maid, Emily. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026

From Warriors coach Steve Kerr, to future Hall of Famers Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green, to 25-year-old relative newcomers Quinten Post and Trayce Jackson-Davis, the team’s lack of competitive fire galled the Warriors. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025

Her words so galled many on the left, each column became a source of knee-jerk opposition online. — Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025

The fact that criminals would seek to take advantage of an old man’s lack of sophistication about the workings of the internet galled Tejasvi. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Sep. 2025