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galling

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Synonyms and Antonyms of galling

1 causing annoyance

Her holier-than-thou attitude is galling.

Synonyms of galling

abrasive, aggravating, annoying, bothersome, chafing, disturbing, exasperating, frustrating, irksome, irritating, maddening, nettlesome, nettling, peeving, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, pesty, rankling, riling, vexatious, vexing

Words Related to galling

burdensome, discomforting, displeasing, disquieting, distressing, importunate, importune, inconveniencing

angering, enraging, infuriating

brattish, bratty, mischievous, offensive, troublesome, upsetting

distractive, painful, stressful, tiresome, troubling, trying, worrisome

biting, grating, jangling, jarring, spiny, thorny

Near Antonyms of galling

delightful, pleasing

2 hard to accept or bear especially emotionally

Losing in the last round of play-offs was galling to our home team.

Synonyms of galling

afflicting, agonizing, bitter, cruel, excruciating, grievous, harrowing, harsh, heartrending, hurtful, painful, tormenting, torturous

Words Related to galling

insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable, unendurable, unsupportable

appalling, awful, bad, dire, dreadful, ghastly, horrible, miserable, nasty, rotten, severe, terrible, vile, wretched

acute, extreme, intense, piercing

Near Antonyms of galling

bearable, endurable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable

livable (also liveable), sufferable, survivable

acceptable, allowable, reasonable

Antonyms of galling

gratifying, pleasing, sweet

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