Definition of gall

"gall" in the noun sense

1. saddle sore, gall

an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle

2. gall

a skin sore caused by chafing

3. gall

abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury

4. resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour

a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

5. bile, gall

a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder aids in the digestion of fats

6. crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness

the trait of being rude and impertinent inclined to take liberties

"gall" in the verb sense

1. chafe, gall, fret

become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

2. gall, irk

irritate or vex

"It galls me that we lost the suit"

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Quotations for gall

Let there be gall in thy ink. [ William Shakespeare ]

My pen was never dipped in gall. [ Crébillon ]

A honey-tongue, a heart of gall. [ Proverb ]

Let there be gall enough in thy ink,
Though thou write with a goose-pen. [ William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act III. Sc. 2 ]

But through the heart
Should Jealousy its venom once diffuse
'Tis then delightful misery no more
But agony unmixed, incessant gall
Corroding every thought, and blasting all
Love's paradise. [ Thomson ]

A little gall spoils a great deal of honey. [ French Proverb ]

Too much is always bad; old proverbs call
Even too much honey nothing else than gall. [ Anon ]

Love's of itself too sweet; the best of all
Is when love's honey has a dash of gall. [ Herrick ]

Can so much gall find access in devout souls? [ Boileau ]

Yet is there one more cursed than they all.
That canker-worm, that monster, jealousie,
Which eats the heart and feeds upon the gall,
Turning all love's delight to misery.
Through fear of losing his felicity. [ Spenser ]

No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure escape; brick-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes: what king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue? [ William Shakespeare ]

O days remembered well! remembered all!
The bitter sweet, the honey and the gall;
Those garden rambles in the silent night.
Those trees so shady, and that moon so bright.
That thickset alley by the arbor closed.
That woodbine seat where we at last reposed;
And then the hopes that came and then were gone.
Quick as the clouds beneath the moon past on. [ Crabbe ]

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs;
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes;
Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with lovers' tears:
What is it else? A madness most discreet,
A choking gall, and a preserving sweet. [ William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet ]

Grieving for misfortunes is adding gall to wormwood. [ Proverb ]

Gall in mirth is an ill mixture, and sometimes truth is bitter. [ Proverb ]

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. [ William Penn ]

Your tongues and your words are steeped in honey, but your hearts in gall and vinegar. [ Plaut ]

Injuries from friends fret and gall more, and the memory of them is not so easily obliterated. [ Arbuthnot ]

Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail. [ Victor Hugo ]

To despond is to be ungrateful beforehand. Be not looking for evil. Often thou drainest the gall of fear while evil is passing thy dwelling. [ Tupper ]

The world produces for every pint of honey a gallon of gall, for every dram of pleasure a pound of pain, for every inch of mirth an ell of moan; and as the ivy twines around the oak, so does misery and misfortune encompass the happy man. Felicity, pure and unalloyed felicity, is not a plant of earthly growth: her gardens are the skies. [ Robert Burton ]

gall in Scrabble®

The word gall is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 5

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters gall:

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gall in Words With Friends™

The word gall is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters gall:

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Words within the letters of gall

2 letter words in gall (2 words)

3 letter words in gall (3 words)

4 letter words in gall (1 word)

gall + 1 blank (4 words)

Word Growth involving gall

Shorter words in gall

all

gal

Longer words containing gall

centrifugaller centrifugallers

centrifugally ultracentrifugally

conjugally

corticifugally

corticofugally

frugally

gallanilide

gallant gallantly

gallant gallantries

gallant gallantry

gallant gallants topgallants

gallant ungallant

gallate

gallbladder gallbladders

galled

galleon galleons

galleria gallerias

galleried

galleries

gallerist gallerists

gallery

galley galleys

gallflies

gallfly

gallic gallicisation gallicisations

gallic gallicise gallicised

gallic gallicise galliciser gallicisers

gallic gallicise gallicises

gallic gallicising

gallic gallicism gallicisms

gallic gallicization gallicizations

gallic gallicize gallicized

gallic gallicize gallicizer gallicizers

gallic gallicize gallicizes

gallic gallicizing

gallinaceous

galling

gallium galliums

gallivant gallivanted

gallivant gallivanter gallivanters

gallivant gallivanting

gallivant gallivants

gallocyanin gallocyanine gallocyanines

galloflavin galloflavine

galloglas galloglass galloglasses

gallon gallons

gallop galloped outgalloped

gallop galloper gallopers

gallop galloping outgalloping

gallop gallops outgallops

gallop outgallop outgalloped

gallop outgallop outgalloping

gallop outgallop outgallops

gallow gallowglas gallowglass gallowglasses

gallow gallows

galls gallstone gallstones

legally illegally

prodigally

regally