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What is another word for
gnaws
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▲
To bite at or nibble something, especially persistently
To gradually erode or wear down
To cause persistent distress or anxiety
To tease, typically in a good-natured way
To take small bites or nibbles at or out of
To be, or cause to be, painful
To cause damage or harm to
To physically debilitate or weaken
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▲
Verb
▲
To bite at or nibble something, especially persistently
nibbles
chews
champs
munches
chomps
bites
crunches
eats
chaws
masticates
manducates
chumbles
tears
gums
bites at
grinds
bites on
ruminates
gnashes
gnaws on
chomps on
crunches on
sinks your teeth into
consumes
devours
crushes
scrunches
grits
grates
scrapes
clenches
nips
rends
clamps
chews up
bites off
bites into
chumps
strikes together
wounds
triturates
dispatches
chavels
gulps
rips
squashes
chews noisily
tastes
feasts upon
gnaws at
tears at
nibbles at
pastures
chaws on
browses
pecks
snaps
rasps
crops
shears
feeds
rubs
forages
rustles
nabs at
takes a chunk out of
grazes
takes nourishment
more ❯
“His appetite was gone, and he watched the dog
gnaw
the ham he had given it.”
Verb
▲
To gradually erode or wear down
erodes
corrodes
consumes
frets
devours
wears
wears away
wears down
bites into
eats away
eats away at
chips away at
chips away
gnaws away
gnaws away at
eats
abrades
nibbles
bites at
dissolves
decays
spoils
chafes
rasps
rubs
galls
frays
rusts
frazzles
destroys
scours
corrades
rots
decomposes
melts
bites
burns into
burns through
scrapes away
excoriates
wears threadbare
disintegrates
crumbles
ablates
vaporizes
US
vaporises
UK
oxidizes
US
damages
liquefies
exhausts
dissipates
wearing through
runs through
wastes away
wastes
deteriorates
corrupts
oxidates
tarnishes
cankers
flakes
oxidises
UK
impairs
eats into
grinds down
scrapes
grates
scratches
files
grinds
wears out
burns
grazes
scuffs
rubs down
etches
undermines
whittles away
sands
skins
tatters
buffs
sandpapers
barks
irritates
burnishes
distresses
razes
wears thin
overuses
sears
becomes worn
washes away
becomes threadbare
engraves
pinches
denudes
hurts
undercuts
rubs against
rubs raw
reduces
rubs painfully
peels
polishes
breaks down
wears to shreds
smooths
shreds
unravels
eats at
tears
hones
rips
ravels
furbishes
shapes
refines
finishes
levels
becomes ragged
becomes tattered
goes through
comes apart
goes into holes
uses
taxes
bothers
weathers
overworks
fades
flays
strips
rubs away
roughens
grinds away
crumbles away
triturates
erases
cuts down
uses up
scrapes off
goes to seed
wears off
rubs off
scrapes out
more ❯
“Wind, water and weather constantly
gnaw
away at the surface of the earth, eroding rock into small fragments which are washed away into rivers and carried into the seas.”
Verb
▲
To cause persistent distress or anxiety
distresses
bothers
troubles
aggravates
plagues
torments
worries
harries
oppresses
tortures
annoys
irritates
harasses
pesters
nags
bedevils
teases
frets
rankles
niggles
festers
haunts
burdens
exercises
concerns
hangs over
rankles with
causes anxiety
eats at
wears on
preys on your mind
gnaws away
gnaws away at
vexes
irks
hassles
bugs
exasperates
provokes
disturbs
upsets
galls
angers
badgers
riles
infuriates
nettles
persecutes
peeves
gets on your nerves
needles
agitates
narks
rides
miffs
chafes
gets to
hacks off
hounds
drives up the wall
gets in your hair
incenses
ruffles
piques
displeases
molests
perturbs
rubs up the wrong way
beleaguers
eats
enrages
winds up
ticks off
gets your goat
gives someone grief
hacks you off
drives round the bend
maddens
gets
puts out
stresses
grates
rasps
gives someone the hump
pursues
exacerbates
humps
burns up
gets across
gets under your skin
gets your back up
drives round the twist
gives a hard time
baits
inflames
goads
bullies
offends
spites
frosts
frustrates
chivvies
gravels
affronts
drives crazy
drives mad
pains
heckles
mithers
roils
devils
makes someone see red
tees off
gets at
makes your blood boil
fires up
works on
gets your dander up
keeps on at
ruffles one's feathers
gets up someone's nose
makes somebody's hackles rise
breathes down someone's neck
gets on one's nerves
rattles someone's cage
rubs the wrong way
taunts
pricks
drives nuts
hectors
hazes
keeps after
gets your hackles up
gets someone's wick
tries your patience
runs up the wrong way
gripes
itches
disgruntles
chivies
pressurizes
US
disgusts
pressurises
UK
stings
insults
goes on at
pets
huffs
stews
tiffs
leans on
puts pressure on
brings pressure to bear on
gets across someone
sticks in one's craw
sets one's teeth on edge
mads
outrages
enflames
embitters
ires
causes resentment to
causes annoyance to
gnaws at
grates on
eats up
obsesses
eats away at
mortifies
hurts
steams up
antagonizes
US
makes angry
incommodes
makes cross
henpecks
breaks
nudges
drives to distraction
bums out
antagonises
UK
heats up
eggs on
turns off
gets on your wick
cheeses off
makes waves
raises your hackles
asks for it
hits where one lives
puts someone's nose out of joint
puts your back up
gives someone the pip
strains
tries
perplexes
intimidates
burns
attacks
bullyrags
noodges
gives a bad time
rattles one's cage
jerks around
stresses out
afflicts
besets
agonizes
US
racks
harrows
agonises
UK
besieges
anguishes
curses
excruciates
disquiets
discomposes
grieves
dogs
picks on
unsettles
flusters
fazes
depresses
ails
fusses
disconcerts
weighs down
rattles
importunes
causes suffering to
lies heavy on
crucifies
wounds
aggrieves
alarms
dismays
unhinges
saddens
flurries
distracts
weighs heavily on
frazzles
distempers
derails
hagrides
duns
heavies
discommodes
freaks out
weirds out
inconveniences
assails
discomfits
nags at
unnerves
discomforts
tantalizes
US
tantalises
UK
victimizes
US
mistreats
alarums
wrings
undoes
discombobulates
makes anxious
taxes
causes agony to
embarrasses
frightens
interrupts
victimises
UK
martyrs
blights
bends someone's ear
preys on
weighs on
presses
makes uneasy
causes anxiety to
stirs up
scares
punishes
terrorizes
US
tears
terrorises
UK
injures
shakes
harps on at
throws
intrudes upon
abrades
spooks
maltreats
rends
rags
ribs
overwhelms
scourges
abuses
tests
chaffs
confuses
stabs
hunts
wrongs
devastates
disrupts
appals
UK
causes pain to
inflicts anguish on
pothers
tyrannizes
US
ridicules
appalls
US
grinds
gibes
tyrannises
UK
drives bananas
preoccupies
gives the business
dejects
despairs
discountenances
cuts up
psychs
bewilders
causes concern to
sickens
presses down on
makes uncomfortable
causes discomfort to
confounds
indisposes
casts down
niggles at
flips out
disheartens
causes anguish
causes anguish to
takes over
hurts somebody's feelings
makes it hot for someone
makes things hot for someone
makes wretched
makes miserable
takes control of
cuts to the quick
gets down
throws off balance
petitions
solicits
bedogs
gooses
sears
smites
suffers from
guts
cavils
grizzles
rousts
ill-treats
accosts
terrifies
excoriates
gives someone hell
guys
startles
urges
mocks
suffers
fears
sweats
touches
pierces
reminds
insists
convulses
puzzles
labours
UK
muses
labors
US
chides
panics
plays cat and mouse
rubs salt in wound
puts through wringer
possesses
rocks
moves
expels
beats
dragoons
exiles
insists on
squirms
unquiets
lies heavily on
stretches
drains
saps
wearies
exhausts
causes disquiet to
discriminates against
belabours
UK
razzes
cuts
weighs
jeers
makes restless
makes fretful
picks at
tires
shocks
psychs out
throws off
puts off
singles out
disappoints
straps
pushes
nit-picks
desolates
barracks
boos
plies
barrages
pecks at
messes with
takes the mickey
dashes
sticks the knife into
gets the knife into
horrifies
dispirits
drives you up the wall
flips
crazes
turns
floors
incapacitates
debilitates
cramps
inflicts pain on
inflicts suffering on
incites
shouts down
brings down
grills
gets on the nerves of
takes the piss out of
kicks up a stink
kicks up a fuss
overcharges
starts
sweats out
repulses
jars
slights
nauseates
disobliges
repels
makes it tough for
does a number on
pushes buttons
arouses anxiety in
lays up
gets someone
turns on
keys up
hisses
gets on someone
breaks one's heart
dampens spirits
crushes
gets in the hair of
causes trouble to
dishes it out
sticks it to
dishes out
gives it to
makes a scene
rocks the boat
drags down
puts a damper on
discourages
puts into a funk
makes blue
breaks the heart of
causes sorrow
causes suffering
lambastes
bleeds
mourns
causes offense
belabors
US
bombards
chastens
disses
sets off
sets on
works into lather
gets a rise out of
sends into a rage
takes a rise out of
affects
tires out
wears out
causes someone distress
causes pain
jibes at
shouts at
engulfs
gives offence to
makes unhappy
pushes the buttons of
chagrins
hampers
entangles
makes demands on
makes severe demands on
puts a strain on
dissatisfies
aggresses
overcomes
bites
makes game of
shouts catcalls at
butts in
thumbs nose at
interferes with
consumes
puts the squeeze on
intrudes on
barges in on
jumps on one's case
falls uponfall upon
falls on
horns in on
swamps
starts in on
gives the needle
butts in on
mixes up
engrosses
devours
swallows up
browbeats
bores
crosses
hinders
impedes
imposes on
carps at
more ❯
“The recurring doubts and uncertainties
gnaw
away at his mind and imagination.”
Verb
▲
To tease, typically in a good-natured way
teases
ribs
kids
mocks
chaffs
taunts
ridicules
derides
joshes
rags
needles
jokes
jives
razzes
rides
rallies
satirises
UK
satirizes
US
roasts
baits
banters
twits
torments
gibes
annoys
funs
guys
goads
harasses
quizzes
plagues
worries
hassles
heckles
bothers
chiacks
pesters
hazes
harries
badgers
provokes
irritates
aggravates
bedevils
shucks
smokes
rots
hectors
sledges
importunes
vexes
beleaguers
devils
nudges
disturbs
spoofs
slams
dogs
snaps
sounds
laughs at
scoffs at
jeers at
makes fun of
jibes at
pokes fun at
winds up
sends up
goofs on
makes jokes about
rags on
pokes mullock at
makes sport of
slings off at
takes the mickey
picks on
puts on
puts down
makes a monkey of
has on
flouts at
messes around
pulls someone's leg
leads on
flirts with
pokes borak at
pulls one's leg
swipes at
takes the piss out of
gives a hard time
messes with
Verb
▲
To take small bites or nibbles at or out of
toys with
nibbles
gnaws at
pecks at
picks at
eats listlessly
picks over
eats like a bird
Verb
▲
To be, or cause to be, painful
aches
hurts
smarts
stings
throbs
tingles
burns
twinges
cramps
pains
pounds
gripes
plays up
gives someone gyp
gives someone trouble
Verb
▲
To cause damage or harm to
damages
harms
injures
spoils
ruins
defaces
hurts
impairs
blemishes
devastates
wrecks
vitiates
blights
crushes
defiles
mangles
smashes
demolishes
desecrates
guts
shatters
trashes
undoes
vandalises
UK
vandalizes
US
weakens
annihilates
bloodies
breaks
compromises
crabs
destroys
disrupts
endamages
flaws
ravages
sabotages
stains
taints
tarnishes
totals
blots
disfeatures
razes
smirches
sullies
abuses
burns
corrupts
cracks
dents
dirties
discolours
UK
discolors
US
disintegrates
dismantles
infects
knocks
lacerates
maltreats
rots
rusts
scathes
scorches
scratches
splits
tears
undermines
wrongs
bleaches
contaminates
corrodes
crosses up
fades
pollutes
stabs
bangs up
smashes up
tampers with
wears away
does damage to
plays havoc with
wreaks havoc on
plays merry hell with
drives a nail into the coffin of
Verb
▲
To physically debilitate or weaken
wastes
atrophies
debilitates
devitalizes
withers
drains
emaciates
enervates
exhausts
saps
shrivels
consumes
depletes
shrinks
weakens
corrodes
enfeebles
etiolates
tires
undermines
saps the strength of
eats away
wears out
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