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galled

galled adjective: sore; exasperated. Also the simple past and past participle of gall.

Adjective

galled (comparative more galled, superlative most galled)

  1. Sore; exasperated.
    • The galled ox cannot complain, nor supplicate a moment's respite;1838, Martin Farquhar Tupper, “Of Cruelty to Animals”, in Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated, London: Joseph Rickerby, […], →OCLC, page 173
    • And the camels galled, sore-footed, refractory,
      Lying down in the melting snow.1927 August, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “[Ariel Poems.] Journey of the Magi.”, in Collected Poems 1909–1935, London: Faber & Faber […], published September 1954, →OCLC, page 107

Also used as

galled is also the simple past and past participle of gall.

Forms of galled

comparativemore galled
superlativemost galled

Origin of galled

From gall + -ed.

Words formed from galled

Questions about galled

What does galled mean?
Galled means sore; exasperated.
What part of speech is galled?
Galled is an adjective.

Words near galled in the dictionary

  1. Galleanism
  2. Galleanist
  3. Galleanists
  4. galleass
  5. galleasses
  6. galled
  7. Gallegan
  8. Gallegans
  9. Gallegly
  10. Galleglys
  11. Gallego

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