gnawing

gnawing
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • gnawing — [nô′iŋ] n. 1. a sensation of dull, constant pain or suffering 2. [pl.] pangs, esp. of hunger …   English World dictionary

  • gnawing — /ˈnɔ ɪŋ/ (say naw ing), /ˈnɔrɪŋ/ (say nawring) noun 1. the act of someone or something that gnaws. 2. a persistent pain suggesting gnawing: the gnawings of hunger. –adjective 3. persistent and debilitating: *The elation of personal triumph gave… …  

  • Gnawing — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gnawing — adj. Gnawing is used with these nouns: ↑doubt …   Collocations dictionary

  • gnawing — gnaw|ing [ˈno:ıŋ US ˈno: ] adj [only before noun] worrying or painful, especially for a long time ▪ gnawing doubts …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • gnawing — adjective (only before noun) painful or worrying, especially only slightly but for a long time: gnawing doubts about her own abilities …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • gnawing — [ˈnɔːɪŋ] adj continuously causing you pain or worrying you a gnawing fear that something would happen to her father[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • gnawing animals — graužikai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas būrys apibrėžtis Būryje 33 šeimos. atitikmenys: lot. Rodentia angl. gnawing animals; gnawing mammals; rodents; simple toothed rodents; simplicidentates vok. Einfachzähnige; Nager;… …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

  • gnawing mammals — graužikai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas būrys apibrėžtis Būryje 33 šeimos. atitikmenys: lot. Rodentia angl. gnawing animals; gnawing mammals; rodents; simple toothed rodents; simplicidentates vok. Einfachzähnige; Nager;… …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

  • gnawing mammal — noun relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing • Syn: ↑lagomorph • Hypernyms: ↑placental, ↑placental mammal, ↑eutherian, ↑eutherian mammal • Hyponyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • gnawing — gnawingly, adv. /naw ing/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that gnaws. 2. Usually, gnawings. persistent, dull pains; pangs: the gnawings of hunger. [1300 50; ME; see GNAW, ING1] * * * …   Universalium

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