Definitions for gnawing
ˈnɔ ɪŋgnaw·ing

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. gnawingnoun

   A sensation of being gnawed

2. gnawingadjective

   severe or intense

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gnawing

   of Gnaw

Anagrams for gnawing »

1. wanging

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gnawing in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gnawing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of gnawing in a Sentence

1. Joe Chandler:

   I was invited to an election party to stay up into the night with everybody gnawing their nails, hanging on and I thought, oh there has to be abetterway.

2. Alexis Charles Henri Clrel de Tocqueville:

   Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to devote to nothing but banal enjoyments. All its great thoughts and passionate energy are things of the past, and nothing but a host of petty, gnawing vices now cling to it like worms to a corpse.

3. Nataliya Maslova:

   I don't want to remember, i thank God I stayed alive but what horrors we have seen! So many corpses, dogs were gnawing those corpses. There was so little of it left you couldn't even bury them.

4. Manuel Valls:

   These last few days have underscored a lot of evil that is gnawing at our country and challenges we must be equal to, we have to look at all the divisions, the tensions that have been going on for years ... the neglect of the suburbs, the ghettos, the social misery.

5. Field Museum:

   This puzzle has been gnawing at paleontologists, i was blown away when the results started coming in.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gnawing
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gnawing