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Word entry · 4 letters

gall

Best crossword clue

"Brazen nerve"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ɡɔːl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted agllStarts with GEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Bold nerve, bitterness, or irritation.

Word origin

From Middle English galle, from Old English ġealla, galla, from Proto-West Germanic *gallā, from Proto-Germanic *gallǭ.

Used in a sentence

  • Prichard, while keeping school, had the unmitigated gall to teach Greek, although he had never studied the subject.
  • In July 1938, that was sufficient to call down contempt and hatred on us, and brand us as men of unmitigated gall.
  • It requires the cunning of a chess master, the planning of a field marshal, the adroitness and polish of a premier of France, or, failing these, the sheer, unmitigated gall of your door-to-door salesman.

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