gallingEnglishOxford English Thesaurusgalling adjective his display of hypocrisy was extremely galling: annoying, irritating, vexing, vexatious, infuriating, maddening, irksome, provoking, exasperating, trying, tiresome, troublesome, bothersome, displeasing, disagreeable; informal aggravating. ▷antonyms pleasing.galling Oxford Dictionary of English