Synonyms for Gall
gɔlgall

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1. saddle sore, gallnoun

   an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle

   Synonyms:
   bitterness, rancour, rancor, insolence, saddle sore, bile, impertinence, crust, resentment, impudence, cheekiness, gall, freshness

2. gallnoun

   a skin sore caused by chafing

   Synonyms:
   bitterness, rancour, rancor, insolence, saddle sore, bile, crust, resentment, impudence, cheekiness, impertinence, freshness

3. gallnoun

   abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury

   Synonyms:
   bitterness, rancour, rancor, insolence, saddle sore, bile, crust, resentment, impudence, cheekiness, impertinence, freshness

4. resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancournoun

   a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

   Synonyms:
   acrimony, bitterness, saddle sore, rancour, impudence, freshness, insolence, rancor, bile, thorniness, tartness, acerbity, resentment, cheekiness, impertinence, gall, jaundice, crust, bitter

5. bile, gallnoun

   a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats

   Synonyms:
   bitterness, rancour, rancor, insolence, saddle sore, bile, impertinence, crust, resentment, impudence, cheekiness, gall, freshness

6. crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshnessnoun

   the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties

   Synonyms:
   bitterness, saddle sore, rancour, impudence, archness, encrustation, insolence, rancor, bile, resentment, novelty, cheekiness, impertinence, perkiness, freshness, cheek, crust, incrustation, gall, sauciness, glow, pertness

7. chafe, gall, fretverb

   become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

   Synonyms:
   eat into, get at, rile, rankle, devil, irk, nettle, fret, gag, vex, excoriate, irritate, chafe, erode, eat away, scratch, bother, annoy, fuss, fray, gall, choke, niggle, rag, nark, grate, get to, rub, gravel

8. gall, irkverb

   irritate or vex

   "It galls me that we lost the suit"

   Synonyms:
   gall, chafe, irk, fret

Matched Categories

1. • Digestive Juice
   • Discourtesy
   • Irritate
   • Plant Tissue
   • Sore

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1. gallnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Anat.) bile

2. gallnoun

   Synonyms:
   bitterness, rancor, spite, malice, maliciousness, malignity

3. gallnoun

   Synonyms:
   nutgall, gall-nut

4. gallverb

   Synonyms:
   chafe, fret, excoriate, hurt by rubbing

5. gallverb

   Synonyms:
   provoke, vex, irritate, tease, exasperate, incense, affront, harass, annoy, plague

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1. gallnoun

   Synonyms:
   bile, bitterness, rancor, spite, malignity

2. gallnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Slang) impudence, audacity, effrontery, insolence

3. gallverb

   Synonyms:
   chafe, fret, vex, annoy, harass, worry, exasperate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "gall":

   vesicle, gallen, gallbladder, biliary, effrontery, scab, nerve, gland

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How to use Gall in a sentence?

1. John Locke:

   Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

2. Jean Kerr:

   One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is that assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind.

3. Roxanne Yamaguchi Moster:

   However, an internal investigation determined that CRE bacteria may have been transmitted during a procedure that uses this specialized scope to diagnose and treat pancreaticobiliary (disorders of the bile ducts, gall bladder or pancreas).

4. William Penn:

   No pain, no palm no thorns, no throne no gall, no glory, no glory no cross, no crown.

5. Senator Paul:

   Yesterday the Saudi foreign minister chose to lecture me on television about the Jamal Khashoggi murder, he said my opinion was based on emotion and speculation and that we should presume innocence for the crown prince. My response to him is that it takes a lot of damn gall for Saudi Arabia, with a dictatorship with 3,000 political prisoners held without trial, to lecture the US on the presumption of innocence.