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Meaning of Gnawing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈnɔː.ɪŋ

Definitions

  1. The process by which something is gnawed.
  2. A sensation of being gnawed.

Equivalents

Examples

“the gnawings of mice”
“The spirit of slavery raves under tormenting gnawings, and casts about in blind phrenzy for something to ease, or even to mock them.”
“"If I made them suffer the pains of exile, I would not let them endure also the gnawings of starvation.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C2
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