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Definition of galling : Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating.

Synonyms:

petulant, irritating, plaguy, annoying, exasperating, plaguey, rankling, mocking, cranky, peckish, nettlesome, vexatious, troublesome, infuriating, testy, vexing, perversive, pestilent, pestering, peevish, pesky, painful, scratchy, tetchy, irksome, pettish, disturbing, pestilential, irritative, dirty, provoking, pestiferous, pain, quizzical, corruptive, fractious, disagreeable, irritable, maddening, techy, teasing, bothersome

Usage examples:

• His earlier position and treatment in the store must have been very galling. - "Barriers Burned Away", E. P. Roe.
• I grant, all the same, that it's a bit galling when we find the world turns a cold shoulder to our best. - "The Spinners", Eden Phillpotts.
• They had been raked by a galling fire for more than four hours; they had tried every means of floating the ship; humiliating as the alternative was, they saw no other course than to strike the colors. - "Jefferson and his Colleagues A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynasty, Volume 15 In The Chronicles Of America Series", Allen Johnson.