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gnash
[ nash ]
verb (used with object)
- to grind or strike (the teeth) together, especially in rage or pain.
- to bite with grinding teeth.
verb (used without object)
- to gnash the teeth.
noun
- an act of gnashing.
gnash
/ næʃ /
verb
- to grind (the teeth) together, as in pain or anger
- tr to bite or chew as by grinding the teeth
noun
- the act of gnashing the teeth
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Derived Forms
- ˈgnashingly, adverb
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Other Words From
- gnashing·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gnash1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gnash1
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Example Sentences
Coming back in the cars, I had a rencontre that makes me gnash my teeth yet.
He had begun to compose himself; now he had much ado not to gnash his teeth in the scholar's face.
A man might sob, gnash his teeth, batter walls with his bare fists, but that only meant he was alive in every fiber.
They are all grey, like ghosts; they no longer sing their beautiful tunes; they weep and wail and gnash their teeth.
Now, if ye were one of the cursed race of Campbell, ye would gnash your teeth to hear tell of it.
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