Definitions
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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Brazen nerve”4 letters
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