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galled

[ UK /ɡˈɔːld/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. painful from having the skin abraded

How To Use galled In A Sentence

  • He went about his work, unheedful of the jests, ungalled by his irons, unmindful of the groans and laughter about him.
  • Eighty-five-year-old pensioner Lex Morris took exception to his treatment by an electricity line maintenance serviceman, but is galled to find there is no way to stop him entering his Glanmire Road property.
  • Such in all times has been the rise and decline of fashion; and the absurd mimicry of the _citizens_, even of the lowest classes, to their very ruin, in straining to rival the _newest fashion_, has mortified and galled the courtier. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)
  • As much as the idea galled him, he'd have to put aside his own agenda until things returned to normal after the invasion -- if they did -- and cooperate to the best of his ability. The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel
  • Dutt actually looks plausible as the weather-beaten old literary lion, galled by his own unfashionability.
  • He said he pursued information about the pornography matter because it "galled me to no end" that SEC employees were spending "hours and hours over weeks and weeks" viewing porn while collecting government pay. SEC porn sting netted workers in 7 cities
  • But I'm most galled by the inaccuracy of how the study's results are misleadingly characterized.
  • It galled him that soldiers had driven so hard to penetrate the city, only to have a buffoon in a beret belittle them to the world.
  • All ungalled of him is each courtier's heel or great man's kibe. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827
  • It kind of galled him, but it would work; Maury knew it would. Shiver
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