Word: galls
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Synonyms: galls
effrontery, impudence, impertinence, cheek, cheekiness, insolence, audacity, temerity, presumption, cockiness, nerve, shamelessness, disrespect, bad manners, face, chutzpah, sauce, sass, bitterness, resentment, rancor, bile, spleen, malice, spite, spitefulness, malignity, venom, vitriol, poison, irritation, irritant, annoyance, vexation, nuisance, provocation, bother, torment, plague, thorn in one's side/flesh, aggravation, bore, headache, hassle, pain, pain in the neck, pain in the butt, sore, ulcer, ulceration, abrasion, scrape, scratch, graze, chafe, saddle sore, crust, freshness
Translations: galls
The meaning and "use of": galls
- bold, impudent behavior. - the bank had the gall to demand a fee
- the contents of the gallbladder; bile (proverbial for its bitterness). - In central Ontario, eight species of parasitoids and a Periclistus inquiline are associated with this gall .
- annoyance; irritation. - he imagined Linda's gall as she found herself still married and not rich
- an abnormal growth formed on plants and trees, especially oaks, in response to the presence of insect larvae, mites, or fungi. - In early spring, these aphids form pouch-shaped galls on the hybrids' leaves; living and breeding within the galls , the insects feed on the trees' nutritious sap stream.
- make (someone) feel annoyed. - he knew he was losing, and it galled him
- make sore by rubbing. - the straps galled their shoulders
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