Another word for gnawing | Synonyms for gnawing

Another word for gnawing

adjective

Marked by severity or intensity:

acute, knifelike, lancinating, piercing, sharp, shooting, stabbing. See big

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She stared at her feet, gnawing on her lower lip.
A rat, he declared, was gnawing at the pit of his stomach.
It is also fond of gnawing the bark of young trees, and thus often does great damage to plantations.
RODENTIA, or Glires, an order of placental mammals characterized by the peculiar form and structure of their front or incisor teeth, which are reduced to a single functional chisellike pair in each jaw, specially adapted for gnawing, and growing throughout the entire life of their owners.
One thought had been gnawing at her consciousness since the first time she suspected him of being involved in drugs.

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