galling
腹立たしい
解説 Definition
galling は gall（いらだたせる、すりむく）から派生した形で、腹立たしい、しゃくに障るという意味です。特に不公平さや屈辱感があって強く不快に感じる状況に使われます。
Galling describes something that causes strong annoyance, resentment, or humiliation, especially because it seems unfair, insulting, or needlessly frustrating. It is often used for remarks, defeats, delays, and other experiences that are particularly hard to accept.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
gall「こすって痛める、いらだたせる」に -ing を付けた形で、形容詞では心が擦れてひりつくように「腹立たしい」を表します。a galling remark や especially galling の形で、不公平・屈辱・説明不足などが不快感を強める場面を連想しましょう。単なる annoying より、しゃくに障る含みが強い語です。
Connect galling with the verb gall, whose older physical sense involves rubbing or chafing until something becomes sore. The adjective transfers that raw, irritated feeling to the mind: a galling event seems to rub emotionally, especially when unfairness or humiliation is involved. Learn combinations such as a galling remark, a galling defeat, and especially galling. Annoying covers ordinary irritation, but galling is stronger and often suggests wounded pride or resentment. Picture losing after intense effort or receiving no explanation for an avoidable delay; the emotional sting makes the word memorable.
例文
It was galling to lose after working so hard.
あれほど努力したあとで負けるのは、本当に腹立たしいことでした。
Her galling remark stayed in my mind all afternoon.
彼女の腹立たしい発言が、午後ずっと頭から離れませんでした。
The delay felt especially galling because no one explained the reason.
理由を誰も説明しなかったので、その遅れは特に腹立たしく感じられました。
galling の類義語・関連語
galling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
galling は gall + -ing。gall は古英語由来で、もとは「擦れて痛める・ただれさせる」の意です。関連語は gall, galled。皮膚がこすれてひりつく感覚が心の痛みに広がり、「腹立たしい」になりました。
Galling is formed from gall and -ing. The verb gall comes from an old Germanic word found in Old English and originally referred to making skin sore by rubbing or chafing. English extended this physical idea to emotional irritation: something could figuratively rub a person raw, offend, or humiliate them. The participial form galling then became a common adjective for experiences that provoke sharp resentment or vexation.
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