galling
IPA: gˈɔɫɪŋ
noun
- Material transfer caused by adhesion between sliding surfaces, potentially resulting in wear or binding.
adjective
- Vexing, humiliating; eliciting indignation or bitterness.
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Examples of "galling" in Sentences
- I find it particularly galling.
- It was galling to read, frankly.
- This was the most galling for me.
- This scandal is particularly galling.
- The newspaper ones are particularly galling.
- His hubris in ignoring consensus is galling.
- This denial is of course galling to Levantine Arabs.
- I find that kind of misconduct to be galling in the extreme.