gall

the gall of defeat.

in the gall of bitterness

They haven't the gall to steal.

He was ill of gall stone.

a galling delay; a galling setback to their plans.

the bank had the gall to demand a fee.

the straps that galled their shoulders.

the gall actuates a reverse of photosynthesis.

It galled him to ask permission.

They had the gall to call me fat!

It galled me to have to wait outside.

accept life's gall without blaming somebody else.

cynipid gall wasps, esp. causing oak-apple galls.

It galls to think that he is earning so much money.

the duke knew he was losing, and it galled him.

he was amazed that she would have the gall to show herself.

his heel galled by an ill-fitting shoe.

the bark of saplings galled by improper staking.See Synonyms at chafe

he imagined Linda's gall as she found herself still married and not rich.

Where do you get the gall to do this to me?

The uncertainty is galling, and my nerves resurface, making me fidget.

The white bird had a lot or " gall" .

" I don't see how you have the gall to face me" ! she cried.

" On the contrary! How have you the gall to face me" ?

The giraffe eats the acacia tree, so it continually produces those galls which form the geckos' home.

She suffered from coronary heart disease and gall stones.

Take my milk for gall, that's how much you want it.

The gall wasp larva is also parasitic, but in a more vegetarian sense.

The gall wasp develops, and eventually begins chewing its way out, as it normally would.