Both Uses of
gall
in
Wuthering Heights
- And there you see the distinction between our feelings: had he been in my place, and I in his, though I hated him with a hatred that turned my life to gall, I never would have raised a hand against him.†
Chpt 14
- He's as bitter as gall at your desertion and its consequences: don't expect thanks for this noble devotion.†
Chpt 29 *
Definition:
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(gall as in: had the gall to) boldness and rudeness to say or do things that are not acceptable to others