galled

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English

Definitions

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.

verb

To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.

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Synonyms

chafed painful irked incensed dismayed outraged perplexed mystified dumbfounded rankled appalled miffed infuriated disgusted flabbergasted perturbed

Associated

gall fruits trees long

Rhymes

appalled enthralled drawled piebald scald hauled called wald bawled sprawled

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