Galling
Galling adjective - Hard to accept or bear especially emotionally.
Usage example: losing in the last round of play-offs was galling to our home team
Heartrending and galling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heartrending" instead an adjective "Galling".
Heartrending
Heartrending adjective - Hard to accept or bear especially emotionally.
Usage example: a heartrending choice between saving his daughter or his son
Galling and heartrending are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Galling" instead an adjective "Heartrending".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disturbing and galling
- disturbing and heartrending
- intolerable and galling
- intolerable and heartrending
- painful and galling
- painful and heartrending
- agonizing and galling
- agonizing and heartrending
- severe and galling
- severe and heartrending
- intense and galling
- intense and heartrending
- grievous and galling
- grievous and heartrending
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Heartrending and Galling. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/galling/heartrending
Galling & Heartrending. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/galling/heartrending>.
Heartrending or Galling. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/galling/heartrending.
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