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1. Causing irritation or annoyance
   "found it galling to have to ask permission";
   - annoying, bothersome, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing

1. Become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
   - chafe, fret
    
2. Irritate or vex
   "It galls me that we lost the suit";
   - irk

See also: disagreeable

Type of: anger, irritate

Encyclopedia: Galling