gnawing

About 0.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective severe or intense
2. verb present participle and gerund of gnaw
3. noun The process by which something is gnawed.

   the gnawings of mice

4. noun A sensation of being gnawed.

Similar words

wear away erode eat at gnaw at persistent ravenous ahungered munched out starving severe

Often followed by

at on the of away pain and hunger a

Word family

gnaw gnawed gnawer gnawers gnaws