Gnawing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈnɔː.ɪŋ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Gnawing is an adjective meaning (of pain or hunger) severe or intense.
Meaning
(of pain or hunger) severe or intense.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of gnaw
- The process by which something is gnawed.
- A sensation of being gnawed.
Example Sentences
the gnawings of mice
"If I made them suffer the pains of exile, I would not let them endure also the gnawings of starvation.
The spirit of slavery raves under tormenting gnawings, and casts about in blind phrenzy for something to ease, or even to mock them.
But from the time we returned from our first journey, after having spent some months in trying, as some one put it, to "discover America," I felt the gnawings of excited appetite.
Word Forms
- gnawings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include erode, persistent, ahungered, starving, severe, searing.
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