Synonyms of the word

gall

• n. (anatomy, obsolete, uncountable) Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting…
• n. (anatomy) The gall bladder.
• n. (uncountable, obsolete) Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
• n. (countable) A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
• n. (uncountable) A feeling of exasperation.
• n. (uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
• n. (medicine, obsolete, countable) A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as…
• n. (countable) A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
• n. (countable) A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the…
• v. (transitive) To trouble or bother.
• v. To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
• v. To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
• v. To exasperate.
• v. To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond…
• v. To scoff; to jeer.
• n. (countable, phytopathology) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing…
• v. To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.

anger

• n. A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined…
• n. (obsolete) Pain or stinging.
• v. (transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism.
• v. (intransitive) To become angry.

bile

• n. (biochemistry) A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in…
• n. bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
• n. Two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.
• n. (obsolete) A boil (kind of swelling).
• v. Eye dialect spelling of boil.

bitterness

• n. The quality of having a bitter taste.
• n. The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment.

chafe

• n. Heat excited by friction.
• n. Injury or wear caused by friction.
• n. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
• n. (archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.
• v. (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
• v. (transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
• v. (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
• v. (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
• v. (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
• v. (intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

cheekiness

• n. The state of being cheeky.

crust

• n. A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
• n. The external layer of most types of bread.
• n. An outer layer composed of pastry.
• n. The bread-like base of a pizza.
• n. (geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
• n. The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
• n. (uncountable) Nerve, gall.
• n. crust punk (a subgenre of punk music).
• v. (transitive) To cover with a crust.
• v. (intransitive) To form a crust.

discourtesy

• n. Lack of courtesy; rudeness.
• n. A rude act.

enmity

• n. The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
• n. A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.

freshness

• n. The state or quality of being fresh.

fret

• v. (transitive, obsolete/poetic) To devour, consume; eat.
• v. (transitive and intransitive) To gnaw, consume, eat away.
• v. (intransitive) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
• v. (transitive) To cut through with fretsaw, create fretwork.
• v. (transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry.
• v. (intransitive) To worry or be anxious.
• v. To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
• v. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple.
• v. To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle.
• v. (music) To press down the string behind a fret.
• n. The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
• n. Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
• n. Herpes; tetter.
• n. (mining, in the plural) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate…
• n. (music) One of the pieces of metal/wood/plastic across the neck of a guitar or other musical instrument…
• n. An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief).
• n. (heraldry) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
• v. To ornament with raised work; tovariegate; to diversify.
• n. A strait; channel.
• n. (Northumbria) A fog or mist at sea or coming inland from the sea.

hostility

• n. (uncountable) The state of being hostile.
• n. (countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.

impertinence

• n. (uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
• n. (countable) An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
• n. (uncountable) The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
• n. (countable, uncountable) Insolence.

impudence

• n. The quality of being impudent, not showing due respect.
• n. Impudent language, conduct or behavior.

insolence

• n. Arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude.
• n. Insolent conduct or treatment; insult.
• n. (obsolete) The quality of being unusual or novel.
• v. (obsolete) To insult.

irk

• v. (transitive) to irritate; annoy; bother; nat.

irritate

• v. (transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.
• v. (transitive) To introduce irritability or irritation in.
• v. (intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
• v. (transitive) To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
• v. (obsolete) To render null and void.

rancor

• n. The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.

rancour

• n. Britain and Canada spelling of rancor.

resentment

• n. A feeling of anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged by others or betrayed;…
• n. (obsolete) The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined…
• n. (obsolete) satisfaction; gratitude.

rudeness

• n. The property of being rude.
• n. A rude remark or behaviour.

sore

• adj. Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
• adj. Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
• adj. Dire; distressing.
• adj. (informal) Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.
• adj. (obsolete) Criminal; wrong; evil.
• adv. (archaic) Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).
• adv. Sorely.
• n. An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
• n. Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
• n. A group of ducks on land. (See also: sord).
• n. A young hawk or falcon in its first year.
• n. A young buck in its fourth year.
• v. (transitive) To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.