What is another word for galling ?

enough to try the patience of a saint

Annoying or bitterly humiliating

enough to drive you up the wall

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

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“And I also have that bi invisibility thing going on, which is both galling and periodically annoyingly convenient.”

Adjective

Causing great pain or anguish

painful

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

more than flesh and blood can stand

sombre^UK

somber^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

grueling^US

gruelling^UK

wintry^US

wintery^UK

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

rubbing the wrong way

sulphurous^UK

sulfurous^US

more than one can bear

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“It is galling to witness the blatant disregard for human rights.”

Adjective

Requiring, or involving, great mental or physical effort

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

like getting blood out of a stone

labored^US

laboured^UK

easier said than done

tremendously difficult

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Adjective

Hostile, rude or contemptuous in nature

ill-humored^US

rubbing the wrong way

have chip on shoulder

with a heart of stone

accidentally on purpose

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Adjective

Arousing revulsion or disgust

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

fetid^US

foetid^UK

ill-favored^US

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

strictly for the birds

not quite the done thing

as plain as a pikestaff

not much to look at

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Adjective

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed

libellous^UK

libelous^US

politically incorrect

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

minimising^UK

dishonoring^US

minimizing^US

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Adjective

Distressing to the mind or senses

somber^US

sombre^UK

looking on the black side

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

humourless^UK

humorless^US

gray^US

grey^UK

grueling^US

gruelling^UK

ill-favored^US

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Verb

getting someone's dander up

To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting someone's goat

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting your back up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

rubbing the wrong way

getting on one's nerves

making somebody's hackles rise

ruffling one's feathers

putting someone's nose out of joint

getting your dander up

rattling someone's cage

discomfiting

burning

getting up someone's nose

getting your hackles up

hurting somebody's feelings

getting across someone

making miserable

driving bananas

trying the patience of

setting one's teeth on edge

rubbing you up the wrong way

scandalising^UK

getting a rise out of

working up

driving you up the wall

getting someone's wick

sticking in one's craw

breaking the heart of

making someone's hackles rise

getting on someone's nerves

getting someone's hackles up

ruffling someone's feathers

getting under someone's skin

getting in someone's hair

trying someone's patience

getting on someone's tits

getting someone's back up

pushing someon's buttons

steaming

arousing hostility in

running up the wrong way

making it hot for someone

making things hot for someone

singling out

making an enemy of somebody

getting on the wrong side of

hanging up

getting even

upsetting the applecart

causing resentment to

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

pushing the buttons of

making someone fed up

making someone scratch their head

treading on someone's toes

driving you to distraction

making somebody's blood boil

driving you out of your mind

driving you round the bend

driving you round the twist

abusing

slandering

dumping on

giving the cold shoulder

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

getting in the hair of

razzing

taking the mickey

getting on the nerves of

taking the piss out of

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

breathing down someone's neck

bending someone's ear

putting someone off their stroke

causing someone to lose their composure

causing discomfort to

victimizing^US

inflicting anguish on

victimising^UK

terrorizing^US

pushing one's buttons

belabouring^UK

terrorising^UK

bringing pressure to bear on

tiring out

leaning on

putting pressure on

making severe demands on

searching high heaven

noodging

bullyragging

hurting the feelings of

tearing to pieces

knocking the wind out of

making your gorge rise

harshing one's mellow

tyrannizing^US

filling with loathing

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

tyrannising^UK

causing inconvenience to

imposing upon

creating difficulties for

jumping on one's case

giving the needle

falling on

putting the squeeze on

belaboring^US

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

knocking the stuffing out of

breaking someone's heart

harshing someone's mellow

giving someone the blues

taking the wind out of your sails

dampening the spirits of

causing to lose heart

carrying a heavy load

barracking

shouting down

getting into a dither

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

satirizing^US

having an adverse effect on

striking down

going against the grain

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

satirising^UK

pulling someone's leg

going through the mill

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“He began to lounge back in his chair as he spoke, knowing full well that such a relaxed attitude would gall the other officer tremendously.”

Verb

Present participle for to make sore by rubbing

unraveling^US

unravelling^UK

tearing

distressing

ripping

ravelling^UK

raveling^US

oxidizing^US

oxidising^UK

levelling^UK

leveling^US

vaporizing^US

vaporising^UK

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“The sleeves of the waistcoat would gall his shoulders and the inside of his arms.”

Noun