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gall1
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- pronunciation:
- gawl
- features:
- 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
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| 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
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| definition 3: |
liver bile.
- synonyms:
- bile
- similar words:
- endocrine
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| 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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| related words: |
grudge, insolence, miff, wrath |
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