Synonyms for gall
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1. saddle sore, gall(noun)

   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, freshness

2. gall(noun)

   a skin sore caused by chafing

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

3. gall(noun)

   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, rancour(noun)

   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, jaundice, crust, bitter

5. bile, gall(noun)

   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, freshness

6. crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness(noun)

   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, sauciness, glow, pertness

7. chafe, gall, fret(verb)

   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, choke, niggle, rag, nark, grate, get to, rub, gravel

8. gall, irk(verb)

   irritate or vex

   "It galls me that we lost the suit"

   Synonyms:
   chafe, irk, fret

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1. gall(n.)

   Synonyms:
   (Anat.) bile

2. gall(n.)

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

3. gall(n.)

   Synonyms:
   nutgall, gall-nut

4. gall(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   chafe, fret, excoriate, hurt by rubbing

5. gall(v. a.)

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

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1. gall(n)

   Synonyms:
   bile, bitterness, rancor, spite, malignity

2. gall(n)

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

3. gall(v)

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

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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. 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.

2. William Shakespeare, Romeo, in Romeo and Juliet, act 1, sc. 1.:

   Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes, Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers’ tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall and a preserving sweet.

3. Harry Reid:

   All I know, I can't imagine Romney having the gall coming after anybody's returns. Let's look at his.

4. 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.

5. Jeb Bush:

   Donald Trump had the gall to go after my mother.

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