galled
past simple and past participle ofgall
gall
verb[T]
uk/ɡɔːl/us/ɡɑːl/to make someonefeelannoyed:
Ithinkit galls him to takeordersfrom ayoungerand lessexperiencedcolleague.
Synonym
irkformal
Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
- aggravate
- aggrieve
- alienate
- anger
- annoy
- bend
- get upsomeone'snoseidiom
- givesomeonethe shitsidiom
- go too faridiom
- goat
- grate
- joke
- nark
- rub
- rubsomeoneup the wrong wayidiom
- ruffle
- rufflesomeone'sfeathersidiom
- setsomeone'steeth on edgeidiom
- tit
- troll
Examplesofgalled
galled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
All the leaves sampled fromgalledbranches contained galls.
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Galledflowers nourish pollinator offspring and undisturbed flowers produce viable seeds.
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Four plant species had significantly greater total phenol concentrations ingalledthan ungalled leaves in both deciduous hillside and riparian sites.
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We only sampled surrounding leaf tissue fromgalledleaves and excluded the gall chamber.
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Heavilygalledleaves abscise from the plant.
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How many groups of personsgalledfamilies are there?
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Let thegalledjade wince.
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In many cases they must begalledby the knowledge that someone else has stepped in and is reaping the fruits of their enterprise and hard work.
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Galledbuds appear light green at first and turn brown later in the year.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But little and petty as it was itgalledhorribly.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Flower ovules that receive an egg becomegalledand the larvae consume the gall tissue.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However,galledbut gallant, nearly two hundred stuck to the mules.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The infestation may be reduced by pruning and destroying thegalledareas before the adult insect emerges, usually in late summer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Trees that grow outside the cleared area often have the living tissues of their trunks excavated andgalledfor ant accommodation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thegalledsection of the stem is 3to4cm in wide and up to 20cmin -1 long.
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- be-in-bondage-to-sth
- be-in-breach-of
- be in breach of something
- be in business
- be-in-business
- be-in-command-of
- be in command (of yourself)
- be-in-command-of-yourself
- be in conference
- be-in-conference
- be in convulsions
- be-in-convulsions
- be in deep water
- be-in-deep-water
- be in difficulties
- be-in-difficulties
- be in difficulty
- be-in-difficulty
- be-in-dna-be-part-of-dna
- be in earnest
- be-in-earnest
- be-in-element
- be-in-employ
- be in employment