gall
(Informal)
[noun]
Synonyms:
- impudence, brazenness, cheek (informal), chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. informal), effrontery, impertinence, insolence, nerve (informal)
- bitterness, acrimony, animosity, bile, hostility, rancour
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[verb]
Synonyms:
- scrape, abrade, chafe, irritate
- annoy, exasperate, irk, irritate, provoke, rankle, vex

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Antonyms: meekness
Contrasted words: bashfulness, humbleness, humility, lowliness, modesty, shyness
Related Words: arrogance, conceit, haughtiness, loftiness, lordliness, overbearance, pomposity, pride, priggishness, self-importance, smugness, bark, burn, file, fray, frazzle, grate, graze, scrape, scratch, scuff, skin, distress, pain, cut, score, wound, chide, disturb, harass, harry, torment, worry, bedevil, needle, trouble

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. gall¹ /ɡɔːl $ ɡɒːl/ noun
[Sense 1-3: Language: Old English; Origin: gealla]
[Sense 4: Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin galla]
[Sense 5: Language: Old English; Origin: gealla, from Latin galla]

1. have the gall to do something to do something rude and unreasonable that most people would be too embarrassed to do:
He even had the gall to blame Lucy for it.

2. [uncountable] old-fashioned anger and hate that will not go away Synonym : resentment

3. [uncountable] old-fashioned bile

4. [countable] a swelling on a tree or plant caused by damage from insects or infection

5. [countable] a painful place on an animal’s skin, caused by something rubbing against it

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. gall² verb [transitive]
to make someone feel upset and angry because of something that is unfair:
It really galled him to see Anita doing so well now.
⇒ galling

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲