Meaning of Gnawing | Babel Free
ˈnɔː.ɪŋEquivalents
Ελληνικά
ροκάνισμα
Suomi
hivuttaminen
järsintä
jyrsintä
jyystäminen
kaiherrus
kaluaminen
kalvaminen
nakerrus
nakertaminen
한국어
쏢
Svenska
gnagning
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
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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