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.

  •be bothered, worried about (verb)
  • trouble,
  • beleague,
  • fret,
  • haunt,
  • prey on one's mind,
  • rankle,
  • irritate,
  • annoy,
  • distress,
  • bedevil,
  • pester.
  •bite, chew (verb)
  • consume,
  • devour,
  • gum,
  • eat away,
  • masticate,
  • munch,
  • chaw.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • champ.
  •
  • graze,
  • hurt,
  • wear.
  •
  • nip.
  •chew
  • feast upon,
  • gulp.
  •Other relevant words:
  • nauseate,
  • undermine,
  • immediately,
  • bit,
  • hastily,
  • dismantle,
  • abruptly,
  • tuck in,
  • scratch,
  • horrify,
  • rasp,
  • instantaneously,
  • injury,
  • lesion,
  • detriment,
  • snap,
  • frazzle,
  • offend,
  • despatch,
  • appal,
  • rapidly,
  • tweak,
  • discuss,
  • pinch,
  • skin,
  • impairment,
  • wring,
  • cranch,
  • dine,
  • pain,
  • sting,
  • sap,
  • take down,
  • prick,
  • directly,
  • martyrize,
  • debilitate,
  • shake,
  • abrase,
  • agonize,
  • swiftly,
  • evidently,
  • nettle,
  • give pain,
  • cut,
  • gripe,
  • harrow,
  • disorganize,
  • crucify,
  • ache,
  • fester,
  • twist,
  • ablate,
  • rub,
  • fare,
  • scour,
  • rack,
  • run through,
  • waste,
  • in a flash,
  • disable,
  • whittle down,
  • swallow,
  • bother,
  • whittle away,
  • excruciate,
  • wound,
  • feed,
  • peeve,
  • hector,
  • harm,
  • stab,
  • appall,
  • tooth,
  • repel,
  • burn,
  • slide,
  • scrub,
  • nibble at,
  • take,
  • wear off,
  • disenchant,
  • rust,
  • canker,
  • agonise,
  • raze,
  • lacerate,
  • crumble,
  • convulse,
  • agony,
  • afflict,
  • at once,
  • loud laugh,
  • mouth,
  • scuff,
  • Dismast,
  • prolong the agony,
  • erase,
  • polish,
  • dun,
  • eat into,
  • nuisance,
  • grievance,
  • taste,
  • blight,
  • exhaust,
  • lick,
  • tantalise,
  • chewing,
  • suddenly,
  • without warning,
  • ail,
  • promptly,
  • flog,
  • torment,
  • chow,
  • gulp down,
  • cruciate,
  • peck,
  • mine,
  • dramatically,
  • wine and dine,
  • martyr,
  • bark,
  • forthwith,
  • con,
  • all at once,
  • revolt,
  • grind,
  • surprisingly,
  • file,
  • speedily,
  • rudely,
  • punish,
  • chew the cud,
  • astonishingly,
  • fall to,
  • ruminate,
  • lay in,
  • anguish,
  • loud noise,
  • biting,
  • precipitously,
  • cram,
  • dispatch,
  • enervate,
  • grate,
  • emaciate,
  • just like that,
  • destroy,
  • curry,
  • presently,
  • instantly,
  • catch,
  • gormandize,
  • sicken,
  • worry,
  • expeditiously,
  • fleetly,
  • seemingly,
  • bolt,
  • oxidize,
  • of a sudden,
  • disgust,
  • torture,
  • fray,
  • browse,
  • chafe,
  • badger,
  • meal,
  • now,
  • shock,
  • enfeeble,
  • pierce,
  • get down,
  • eat up,
  • abrade,
  • deplete,
  • disservice,
  • make one sick,
  • scrape,
  • food,
  • gobble,
  • rub off,
  • use up,
  • mumble,
  • rub out,
  • craunch,
  • finish,
  • bite into,
  • wear out,
  • vex,
  • disadvantage,
  • rot,
  • inflame.

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.

Hyponym for Gnaw:

• v.

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