| Pronunciation: | | 'goling
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| Matching Terms: | | gallin, gallina, gallinaceae, gallinacean, gallinaceon, gallinaceous, gallinaceous bird, gallinae, gallinago, gallinago gallinago, gallinago gallinago delicata, gallinago media, gallinipper, gallinula, gallinula chloropus, gallinula chloropus cachinnans, gallinule
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| | Definition: | | [adj] causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong" |
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| | Synonyms: | | annoying, bothersome, disagreeable, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gall"ing\, a.
Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating. --
{Gall"ing*ly}, adv.
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| | Related Terms: | | ablative, abradant, abrasive, afflictive, aggravating, annoying, attritive, bothering, bothersome, chafing, distasteful, disturbing, erosive, exasperating, fretting, gnawing, grating, grievous, grinding, harassing, importunate, importune, irking, irksome, irritant, irritating, irritative, painful, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, provoking, rasping, scratchy, stinging, teasing, tiresome, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, unpalatable, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, worrisome, worrying |
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