What does gnaw at mean?

gnaw at means "become ground down or deteriorate".

What is another word for gnaw at?

Close synonyms include erode, gnaw, eat at, wear away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gnaw at a common word?

gnaw at is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Gnaw at — meaning, 4 synonyms and examples

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
become ground down or deteriorate
“Her confidence eroded”
Synonymserode gnaw eat at wear away
Broaderdecay

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What does gnaw at mean?: gnaw at means "become ground down or deteriorate".
What is another word for gnaw at?: Close synonyms include erode, gnaw, eat at, wear away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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