gall

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/ɡɑl/ English

Definitions

noun

Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
The gall bladder.
Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
A feeling of exasperation.

verb

To bother or trouble.
To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
To exasperate.

noun

A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.
A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.

verb

To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.

Related words

Synonyms

nutgall fret chafe crust saddle sore bitterness irk resentment rancor cheekiness insolence freshness impudence rancour impertinence bile biliary

Associated

galls midges bladder thrips midge phrenology aphid mite wasp nematode wasps

Rhymes

squall banal appall pall call forestall recall stall protocol fall

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