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galling

/gaw-ling/US // ˈgɔ lɪŋ //UK // (ˈɡɔːlɪŋ) //

紧张的,紧张,紧张不安,紧张兮兮

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : that galls; chafing; irritating; vexing; exasperating.

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Examples

  • I have been to a variety of churches growing up, and the hypocrisy I’ve seen is galling.

  • And, in a galling irony, those who should be most concerned about those implications are the very people this worldview purports to protect.

  • Because of her long-standing commitment to her workout regimen and strong play inside, the weight room disparity was particularly galling.

  • The revelations were especially galling given how Cuomo had boasted about his handling of the pandemic while New Yorkers were still in its throes.

  • It’s great to see progress in the right direction, but it’s galling for anyone who falls outside of this and is still being actively discriminated against.

  • But it is particularly galling to watch the feminist superhero be treated in such a way.

  • Runfola's defense is nothing short of galling–and her lawyer should be called out for it.

  • To Palmer, the coincidence of his bullpen exile and his return to form was galling.

  • How galling it must have been to her to see once radical manifestos used for nostalgia.

  • That was galling for those who described the invasion of Iraq as a conflict of choice, not necessity.

  • The galling part of it was that Aunt Linda knew, and was chuckling, so to speak, over my discomfiture.

  • As the British line advanced slowly and in exact order, the guides opened a galling fire.

  • Galling though the Irish laws were, they never went so far as to make the mere holding of heretical opinions criminal.

  • Yet it was infinitely galling to be hidden away in this manner.

  • Sometimes the thought seemed pleasant, then again it would be galling in the extreme.