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
• nettled
• got
• aggravated
• chafed
• vexed
• infuriated
• exasperated
• irked
• angered
• itched
• riled
• peeved
• griped
• worried
• ruffled
• ate
• grated
• burned (up)
• rasped
• got to
• narked
• piqued
• wore on
• spited
• plagued
• frosted
• put out
• insulted
• teased
• provoked
• hacked (off)
• enraged
• upset
• offended
• roused
• harassed
• 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
• roiled
• unsettled
• 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

Opponents of the regime were galled by the phalanxes of goose-stepping soldiers and columns of tanks. — Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 11 Oct. 2026

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