'Gnawing' definitions:
Definition of 'Gnawing'
From: GCIDE
- Gnaw \Gnaw\ (n[add]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnawed (n[add]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Gnawing.] [OE. gnawen, AS. gnagan; akin to D. knagen, OHG. gnagan, nagan, G. nagen, Icel. & Sw. gnaga, Dan. gnave, nage. Cf. Nag to tease.]
- 1. To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at. [1913 Webster]
- His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To bite in agony or rage. [1913 Webster]
- They gnawed their tongues for pain. --Rev. xvi. 10. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To trouble in a constant manner; to plague; to worry; to vex; -- usually used with at; as, his mounting debts gnawed at him. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'gnawing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablative,
- abradant,
- abrasive,
- ache,
- aching,
- acute,
- acute pain,
- afflictive,
- agonizing,
- angina,
- atrocious,
- attritive,
- backache,
- bellyache,
- bite,
- biting,
- boring pain,
- cephalalgia,
- chafing,
- charley horse,
- colic,
- collywobbles,
- cramp,
- cramping,
- cramps,
- crick,
- cruel,
- darting pain,
- distressing,
- earache,
- erosive,
- excruciating,
- fret,
- fretting,
- fulgurant pain,
- galling,
- girdle pain,
- grave,
- grinding,
- gripe,
- gripes,
- griping,
- gut-ache,
- hard,
- harrowing,
- harsh,
- headache,
- heartburn,
- hemicrania,
- hitch,
- hurtful,
- hurting,
- jumping pain,
- kink,
- lancinating pain,
- megrim,
- migraine,
- nip,
- odontalgia,
- otalgia,
- painful,
- pang,
- paroxysm,
- paroxysmal,
- piercing,
- pinch,
- poignant,
- prick,
- pungent,
- pyrosis,
- racking,
- rasping,
- seizure,
- severe,
- sharp,
- sharp pain,
- shoot,
- shooting,
- shooting pain,
- sick headache,
- spasm,
- spasmatic,
- spasmic,
- spasmodic,
- splitting headache,
- stab,
- stabbing,
- stabbing pain,
- stinging,
- stitch,
- stomachache,
- thrill,
- throbbing pain,
- throes,
- toothache,
- tormen,
- tormenting,
- torturous,
- tweak,
- twinge,
- twitch,
- wrench