Galling
Galling adjective - Causing annoyance.
Responsible and galling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Responsible" instead an adjective "Galling".
Responsible
Responsible adjective - Being the one who must meet an obligation or suffer the consequences for failing to do so.
Galling and responsible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Galling" instead an adjective "Responsible".
Both words in one sentence
- What made it especially galling was how Peg actually tried to be a responsible mother to the little snot by giving him food, instead of the lazy, self-centered Jerkass the fans all knew and loved.
Source: The Scrappy / Live-Action TV - The galling part is that many of the same people responsible for that had a Smart Ball before that and later on.
Source: Idiot Ball / Literature
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Responsible or Galling. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/galling/responsible.
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