gnawing
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gnaw
(nô)v. gnawed, gnaw·ing, gnaws
v.tr.
1.
a. To bite, chew on, or erode with the teeth.
b. To produce by gnawing: gnaw a hole.
c. To erode or diminish gradually as if by gnawing: waves gnawing the rocky shore.
2. To afflict or worry persistently: fear that constantly gnawed me.
v.intr.
1. To bite or chew persistently: The dog gnawed at the bone.
2. To cause erosion or gradual diminishment.
3. To cause persistent worry or pain: Hunger gnawed at the prisoners.
[Middle English gnauen, from Old English gnagan.]
gnaw′er n.
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gnaw•ing
(ˈnɔ ɪŋ)n.
1. the act of a person or thing that gnaws.
2. Usu., gnawings. persistent, dull pains; pangs: the gnawings of hunger.
[1300–50]
gnaw′ing•ly, adv.
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gnawing
adjective continuous, constant, endless, persistent, nagging, perpetual, continual, niggling, incessant Her exhilaration gave way to gnawing fear.
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gnawing
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Translations
مُزْعِج، مُضايِق
hlodající
gnavende
marcangoló
iç kemiriciüzücü
gnawing
[ˈnɔːɪŋ] ADJ1. [sound] → persistente
2. (fig) [remorse, anxiety etc] → corrosivo; [hunger] → con retortijones; [pain] → punzante
I had a gnawing feeling that something had been forgotten → me atormentaba la idea de que se había olvidado algo
I had a gnawing feeling that something had been forgotten → me atormentaba la idea de que se había olvidado algo
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gnawing
[ˈnɔːɪŋ] adj (hunger, pain) → che attanaglia; (remorse, anxiety) → attanagliante; (doubt) → assillanteCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
gnaw
(noː) verb to bite or chew with a scraping movement. The dog was gnawing a large bone; The mice have gnawed holes in the walls of this room.
gnawing adjective annoying; disturbing. a gnawing problem.
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gnawing
adj (pain) sordo y persistenteEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.