n. 25B6; noun
this was a gall that she frequently had to endure : IRRITATION, irritant, annoyance, vexation, nuisance, provocation, bother, torment, plague, thorn in one's side/flesh; informal aggravation, pain, pain in the neck, bore, headache, hassle; N. Amer. informal pain in the butt.
a bay horse with a gall on its side : SORE, ulcer, ulceration; abrasion, scrape, scratch, graze, chafe.
25B6; verb
it galled him to have to sit in silence : IRRITATE, annoy, vex, anger, infuriate, exasperate, irk, pique, nettle, put out, displease, antagonize, get on someone's nerves, make someone's hackles rise; Brit. rub up the wrong way; informal aggravate, peeve, miff, rile, needle, get (to), bug, hack off, get up someone's nose, get someone's goat, get/put someone's back up, get someone's dander up, drive mad/crazy, drive round the bend/twist, drive up the wall; Brit. informal wind up, nark, get on someone's wick, give someone the hump; N. Amer. informal tee off, tick off, rankle; informal, dated give someone the pip.
the straps galled their shoulders : CHAFE, abrade, rub (against), rub raw, scrape, graze, skin, scratch, rasp, bark.