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gall1

gall1

 
 
pronunciation:
gawl
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Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: noun
definition 1: something bitter to experience.
The knowledge of his ex-wife's happy remarriage was gall to him.
similar words:
affliction, curse, tribulation, trouble, woe
definition 2: a bitter emotion or attitude.
I expected him to object, but not with words so full of gall.
synonyms:
acrimony, bitterness, embitterment
similar words:
bile, rancor, spleen, venom, vex
definition 3: liver bile.
synonyms:
bile
similar words:
endocrine
definition 4: impudence; nerve.
He had the gall to criticize his host's food.
synonyms:
audacity, brass, impudence, insolence, nerve
antonyms:
meekness
similar words:
cheek, effrontery, impertinence, presumption
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