Definition for Gnaw:

• To eat away or bite off by degrees; to bite in agony or rage; to corrode; to fret.

Synonyms for Gnaw:

• n.

  •
  • chew up,
  • chatter.
  •
  • attack,
  • gnash,
  • ingestion.

• v.

  •annoy (verb)
  • asks for it,
  • be the back of,
  • ex asperating,
  • wast back of,
  • pushing button,
  • works on,
  • were on the back of,
  • dis tressed,
  • ex-asperating,
  • be devilled,
  • being on the back of,
  • toffing,
  • burns up,
  • were at,
  • asked for it,
  • be deviled,
  • be on back of,
  • are back of,
  • was back of,
  • be-devilled,
  • ex asperates,
  • were on back of,
  • wert back of,
  • t-offed,
  • are on back of,
  • wast on back of,
  • asking for it,
  • dis pleasing,
  • dis please,
  • be devil,
  • t offing,
  • be-deviling,
  • dis pleased,
  • t offed,
  • be devilling,
  • be-devils,
  • be back of,
  • dis tresses,
  • is on the back of,
  • dis-tressed,
  • wast at,
  • ex-asperates,
  • ticking off,
  • are the back of,
  • burnt up,
  • pushes button,
  • art the back of,
  • was the back of,
  • being back of,
  • is the back of,
  • ex-asperated,
  • hits where one lives,
  • hits where lives,
  • t off,
  • dis-tresses,
  • dis pleases,
  • toffed,
  • ex asperate,
  • being on back of,
  • is back of,
  • are on the back of,
  • dis-tress,
  • wert on back of,
  • art back of,
  • be deviling,
  • hitting where lives,
  • dis-pleased,
  • ex-asperate,
  • wast on the back of,
  • being the back of,
  • hit where lives,
  • dis-pleasing,
  • be-devilling,
  • was on back of,
  • heating up,
  • be-deviled,
  • ticks off,
  • am back of,
  • wast the back of,
  • is at,
  • am at,
  • wrought on,
  • hitting where one lives,
  • are at,
  • am the back of,
  • be devils,
  • wert on the back of,
  • being at,
  • t-offs,
  • was on the back of,
  • making waves,
  • is on back of,
  • were back of,
  • wert the back of,
  • art at,
  • am on back of,
  • was at,
  • wert at,
  • dis-pleases,
  • be-devil,
  • were the back of,
  • made waves,
  • dis-please,
  • firing up,
  • pushed button,
  • t offs,
  • t-offing,
  • dis tress,
  • am on the back of.
  •be bothered, worried about (verb)
  • trouble,
  • beleague,
  • fret,
  • haunt,
  • prey on one's mind,
  • rankle,
  • irritate,
  • annoy,
  • distress,
  • bedevil,
  • pester.
  •beleaguer (verb)
  • be leaguers,
  • be setting,
  • be-set,
  • puts upon,
  • be leaguered,
  • putting upon,
  • setting upon,
  • be sets,
  • be-leaguering,
  • be-setting,
  • be-leaguer,
  • be-leaguers,
  • puts up on,
  • putting up on,
  • put up on,
  • sets up on,
  • be-leaguered,
  • setting up on,
  • be-sets,
  • be leaguer,
  • set up on,
  • be leaguering.
  •bite (verb)
  • chawing on,
  • takes chunk out of,
  • taking a chunk out of,
  • take chunk out of,
  • taking chunk out of,
  • chaws on,
  • took chunk out of,
  • took a chunk out of,
  • chawed on,
  • takes a chunk out of.
  •bite, chew (verb)
  • consume,
  • devour,
  • gum,
  • eat away,
  • masticate,
  • munch,
  • chaw.
  •cause injury, loss (verb)
  • damage(s).
  •chew (verb)
  • dis-patching,
  • dis-patch,
  • dis-patched,
  • feasted upon,
  • Manducated,
  • dis patching,
  • feast up on,
  • Manducating,
  • dis patched,
  • dis patch,
  • dis patches,
  • feasts up on,
  • dis-patches,
  • feasting up on,
  • feasted up on,
  • feasting upon,
  • manducates.
  •contact (verb)
  • gnaw.
  •corrode (verb)
  • de stroyed,
  • de stroying,
  • de stroys,
  • de stroy,
  • de-stroys,
  • de-stroy,
  • de-stroyed,
  • de-stroying.
  •damage (verb)
  • banging up,
  • under mined,
  • de-faced,
  • dis mantled,
  • dis-integrates,
  • in-capacitating,
  • under-mining,
  • de filed,
  • de-filed,
  • de faced,
  • in capacitating,
  • de-filing,
  • dis-color,
  • dis mantling,
  • de filing,
  • dis integrated,
  • de-files,
  • de facing,
  • in-capacitates,
  • banged up,
  • disco-loring,
  • dis-figures,
  • de files,
  • wore away,
  • dis-figure,
  • dis integrates,
  • dis-integrating,
  • in capacitates,
  • de face,
  • de-face,
  • de-faces,
  • de file,
  • dis figure,
  • in capacitated,
  • dis-integrate,
  • dis-figuring,
  • de-file,
  • bangs up,
  • in-capacitate,
  • dis color,
  • disco loring,
  • dis integrating,
  • dis-colors,
  • dis-mantle,
  • dis figured,
  • dis-mantled,
  • dis figures,
  • dis-colored,
  • dis colored,
  • dis-mantling,
  • under-mined,
  • dis-integrated,
  • dis coloring,
  • wreaked havoc on,
  • under mining,
  • de faces,
  • dis figuring,
  • dis mantles,
  • wreaks havoc on,
  • in capacitate,
  • dis-figured,
  • wrought havoc on,
  • wreaking havoc on,
  • dis mantle,
  • dis-coloring,
  • dis colors,
  • dis-mantles,
  • in-capacitated,
  • de-facing,
  • dis integrate.
  •eat (verb)
  • de composes,
  • de-composed,
  • runs through,
  • dis solve,
  • dis solves,
  • de-composing,
  • de-compose,
  • de cay,
  • dis-appears,
  • dis appear,
  • dis appears,
  • de composed,
  • de-composes,
  • dis-appear,
  • dis-appeared,
  • dis-solved,
  • dis-solves,
  • dis-solving,
  • dis-solve,
  • de cays,
  • wastes away,
  • de compose,
  • de-cay,
  • dis solving,
  • dis solved,
  • dis appearing,
  • dis-appearing,
  • de-cays,
  • dis appeared,
  • de composing.
  •erode (verb)
  • grinds down,
  • grinded down.
  •graze (verb)
  • up rooted,
  • up rooting,
  • up roots,
  • up root,
  • up-roots,
  • up-root,
  • up-rooted,
  • up-rooting.
  •harass (verb)
  • de-spoiling,
  • giving a bad time,
  • rattling one cage,
  • de-spoiled,
  • give bad time,
  • rattles ones cage,
  • rattled one cage,
  • de spoils,
  • gat to,
  • giving a hard time,
  • gotten to,
  • gives a bad time,
  • rattled ones cage,
  • giving hard time,
  • rattle ones cage,
  • rattles one's cage,
  • rattle cage,
  • de spoiling,
  • giving bad time,
  • jerks around,
  • rattling ones cage,
  • jerking around,
  • gives bad time,
  • rattled cage,
  • rattling cage,
  • rattles cage,
  • de spoil,
  • noodging,
  • gave a hard time,
  • de-spoil,
  • gives hard time,
  • noodged,
  • give hard time,
  • rattled one's cage,
  • gave hard time,
  • rattles one cage,
  • rattle one cage,
  • gives a hard time,
  • rattling one's cage,
  • de spoiled,
  • gave bad time,
  • de-spoils,
  • gave a bad time.
  •harry (verb)
  • de predated,
  • de predate,
  • de predates,
  • up sets,
  • up setting,
  • up-sets,
  • de-predates,
  • up-set,
  • de-predate,
  • chivies,
  • de-predated,
  • up-setting,
  • de-predating,
  • de predating.
  •nibble (verb)
  • ate like bird,
  • eats like a bird,
  • eats like bird,
  • eating like a bird,
  • noshed on,
  • eat like bird,
  • noshing on,
  • noshes on,
  • ate like a bird,
  • eating like bird.
  •tantalize (verb)
  • kept hanging,
  • makes mouth water,
  • keeps hanging,
  • made mouth water,
  • keeping hanging,
  • making mouth water.
  •tease (verb)
  • sending up,
  • swipes at,
  • swiped at,
  • swiping at.
  •waste (verb)
  • mis-applied,
  • go waste,
  • goes waste,
  • mis-used,
  • wast no avail,
  • mis-employed,
  • art of no avail,
  • poured down the drain,
  • were of no avail,
  • running dry,
  • mis employing,
  • gambling away,
  • de-cline,
  • mis-employing,
  • mis applies,
  • de-creased,
  • am of no avail,
  • being of no avail,
  • gambles away,
  • mis apply,
  • gambled away,
  • mis used,
  • was no avail,
  • de cline,
  • pours down drain,
  • is of no avail,
  • goes to waste,
  • art no avail,
  • de crease,
  • mis-apply,
  • mis applied,
  • frivoled away,
  • de-clines,
  • frivolled away,
  • am no avail,
  • misemploys,
  • going to waste,
  • pours down the drain,
  • runs dry,
  • de creases,
  • mis applying,
  • is no avail,
  • misemployed,
  • pouring down the drain,
  • de-crease,
  • mis-using,
  • pour down drain,
  • de-creases,
  • de clines,
  • mis employs,
  • poured down drain,
  • mis-employ,
  • be no avail,
  • mis using,
  • mis employed,
  • wast of no avail,
  • went waste,
  • ran dry,
  • mis-employs,
  • mis-applies,
  • de creasing,
  • trifled away,
  • mis-applying,
  • de creased,
  • going waste,
  • trifling away,
  • were no avail,
  • went to waste,
  • pouring down drain,
  • ate away,
  • trifles away,
  • frivols away,
  • being no avail,
  • misemploying,
  • frivoling away,
  • frivolling away,
  • wert of no avail,
  • mis employ,
  • was of no avail,
  • de-creasing,
  • wert no avail.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • champ,
  • teethe,
  • bite at.
  •
  • graze,
  • hurt,
  • wear.
  •
  • nip.
  •beleaguer
  • blockading,
  • be set,
  • put upon,
  • siege,
  • sets upon,
  • set upon,
  • sieging,
  • sieged,
  • blockaded,
  • sieges.
  •chew
  • gumming,
  • feast upon,
  • gummed,
  • manducate,
  • gulp,
  • feasts upon.
  •corrode
  • rotted.
  •damage
  • pollute,
  • maltreat,
  • ravaged,
  • tampered with,
  • tampers with,
  • wreak havoc on,
  • tarnishes,
  • tampering with,
  • wearing away,
  • infect,
  • bang up,
  • wears away,
  • tamper with,
  • tore.
  •eat
  • eating,
  • waste away,
  • wasting away,
  • wasted away,
  • eaten.
  •needle
  • needling.
  •nibble
  • snacked,
  • eat like a bird,
  • snacking,
  • nosh on.
  •tantalize
  • keep hanging,
  • led on,
  • leads on,
  • make mouth water,
  • lead on.
  •waste
  • atrophied,
  • Misemploy,
  • Emaciating,
  • be of no avail,
  • gamble away,
  • trifle away,
  • run dry,
  • pour down the drain,
  • emaciates,
  • eats away,
  • frivol away,
  • eating away,
  • atrophying,
  • Misapplied,
  • go to waste.
  •Other relevant words:
  • nuisance,
  • bark,
  • craunch,
  • scratch,
  • ail,
  • rasp,
  • rub,
  • harrow,
  • ache,
  • inflame,
  • Dismast,
  • directly,
  • abruptly,
  • fare,
  • bother,
  • prolong the agony,
  • stab,
  • taste,
  • suddenly,
  • injury,
  • immediately,
  • speedily,
  • browse,
  • disservice,
  • tooth,
  • destroy,
  • shake,
  • emaciate,
  • polish,
  • tweak,
  • grind,
  • forthwith,
  • dramatically,
  • agonise,
  • frazzle,
  • gormandize,
  • gulp down,
  • oxidize,
  • astonishingly,
  • harm,
  • undermine,
  • just like that,
  • ablate,
  • sting,
  • repel,
  • slide,
  • prick,
  • whittle down,
  • tuck in,
  • agony,
  • finish,
  • convulse,
  • lacerate,
  • hastily,
  • eat up,
  • lay in,
  • peck,
  • disable,
  • hector,
  • loud noise,
  • twist,
  • tantalise,
  • run through,
  • canker,
  • flog,
  • in a flash,
  • mouth,
  • exhaust,
  • disgust,
  • chew the cud,
  • pierce,
  • reduce to powder,
  • scrub,
  • bite into,
  • scuff,
  • of a sudden,
  • worry,
  • scour,
  • feed,
  • catch,
  • fall to,
  • food,
  • chafe,
  • appall,
  • cut,
  • detriment,
  • enfeeble,
  • disenchant,
  • crumble,
  • promptly,
  • badger,
  • agonize,
  • ruminate,
  • nauseate,
  • torture,
  • take down,
  • disorganize,
  • curry,
  • precipitously,
  • expeditiously,
  • instantaneously,
  • torment,
  • raze,
  • rapidly,
  • nibble at,
  • grate,
  • pain,
  • afflict,
  • seemingly,
  • wine and dine,
  • crucify,
  • rudely,
  • peeve,
  • give pain,
  • abrade,
  • erase,
  • wear out,
  • abrase,
  • discuss,
  • dun,
  • get down,
  • snap,
  • wound,
  • debilitate,
  • all at once,
  • eat into,
  • excruciate,
  • fleetly,
  • dismantle,
  • deplete,
  • mumble,
  • at once,
  • nettle,
  • evidently,
  • file,
  • chewing,
  • loud laugh,
  • disadvantage,
  • take,
  • blight,
  • waste,
  • rub off,
  • cruciate,
  • swiftly,
  • bit,
  • enervate,
  • chow,
  • martyr,
  • cranch,
  • horrify,
  • vex,
  • rust,
  • use up,
  • impairment,
  • rub out,
  • meal,
  • fester,
  • gripe,
  • instantly,
  • appal,
  • anguish,
  • punish,
  • sicken,
  • wring,
  • now,
  • presently,
  • sap,
  • shock,
  • biting,
  • swallow,
  • martyrize,
  • rack,
  • revolt,
  • wear off,
  • dispatch,
  • surprisingly,
  • skin,
  • fray,
  • cram,
  • scrape,
  • without warning,
  • grievance,
  • dine,
  • whittle away,
  • burn,
  • offend,
  • make one sick,
  • lick,
  • despatch,
  • mine,
  • rot,
  • con,
  • pinch,
  • bolt,
  • gobble,
  • lesion.

Antonyms for Gnaw:

• v.

  • be bothered, worried about
    please, soothe, calm, comfort, support, make happy, delight, aid, assuage, assist, help.
  • bite, chew
    build, construct, rebuild.
  • Other antonyms:
    freshen.

Gnaw Sentence Examples:

• She did not move now, but sat the picture of hard, haughty despair - a despair that would gnaw body and soul, yet give no sigh.

• They are easily caught in steel traps, and after vainly trying to drag their feet from the cruel crushing jaws, they sometimes in their agony gnaw them off.

Hyponym for Gnaw:

• v.

  • contact
    jaw, masticate, chew, manducate, bite, seize with teeth.