galling
Vexing, humiliating; eliciting indignation or bitterness.
Adjective
- Vexing, humiliating; eliciting indignation or bitterness.
- Uruguay were quick to the ball, strong in the tackle and seemed intent on showing they were a better team than had been apparent in their defeat to Costa Rica. Yet the most galling part for England is that they helped...
Origin
From gall + -ing. The adjective follows from the verb.
Forms
Derived
Noun
- Material transfer caused by adhesion between sliding surfaces, potentially resulting in wear or binding.
- If, however, the input crank on the standby rudder actuator is not free to rotate with respect to the actuator housing because of galling between the shaft and bearing, the actuator housing, input crank, and control rod...
Verb
- present participle and gerund of gall