gall
1. an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle
• Syn:
saddle sore
• Hypernyms:
animal disease
2. a skin sore caused by chafing
• Hypernyms:
sore
• Hyponyms:
saddle sore
3. abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury
• Hypernyms:
plant tissue
• Hyponyms:
oak apple
4. the trait of being rude and impertinent;
inclined to take liberties
• Syn:
crust, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness
• Derivationally related forms:
fresh (for: freshness), cheeky (for: cheekiness), insolent (for: insolence), impudent (for: impudence), impertinent (for: impertinence), crusty (for: crust)
• Hypernyms:
discourtesy, rudeness
• Hyponyms:
chutzpa, chutzpah, hutzpah
5. a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
• Syn:
resentment, bitterness, rancor, rancour
• Derivationally related forms:
rancorous (for: rancor), bitter (for: bitterness), resent (for: resentment)
• Hypernyms:
hostility, enmity, ill will
• Hyponyms:
heartburning, sulkiness, huffishness, grudge, score,
grievance, envy, enviousness
6. a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder;
aids in the digestion of fats
• Syn:
bile
• Derivationally related forms:
biliary (for: bile), bilious (for: bile)
• Hypernyms:
digestive juice, digestive fluid
1. become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
• Syn:
chafe, fret
• Derivationally related forms:
fret (for: fret), chafe (for: chafe)
• Hypernyms:
irritate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. irritate or vex
- It galls me that we lost the suit
• Syn:
irk
• Hypernyms:
anger
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to gall Sue
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