gnash

gnash
[[t]næ̱ʃ[/t]]
gnashes, gnashing, gnashed
PHRASE: V inflects
If you say that someone is gnashing their teeth, you mean they are angry or frustrated about something.

If Blythe heard that piece, I bet he was gnashing his teeth...

If you couldn't attend either of the concerts and are currently gnashing your teeth at having missed out, don't despair...

There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth whatever criteria the Arts Council employ for this exercise.


English dictionary. 2008.

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Synonyms:
(the teeth),


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  • gnash — [nash] vt. [Early ModE for earlier gnast < ME gnasten, prob. < ON gnīsta, to gnash (the teeth), gnastan, to gnash, prob. > IE * ghnei < base * ghen > GNAW] 1. to grind or strike (the teeth) together, as in anger or pain 2. to bite… …   English World dictionary

  • Gnash — Gnash, v. i. To grind or strike the teeth together. [1913 Webster] There they him laid, Gnashing for anguish, and despite, and shame. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gnash — [næʃ] v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Probably from the sound] gnash your teeth to be very angry or unhappy about something, or to move your teeth against each other so that they make a noise, especially because you are unhappy or angry …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • gnash — [ næʃ ] verb gnash your teeth OFTEN HUMOROUS 1. ) to protest about something in an angry way 2. ) to bite your teeth together and from side to side because you are very angry …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • gnash — early 15c., variant of M.E. gnasten to gnash the teeth (c.1300), perhaps from O.N. gnastan a gnashing, of unknown origin, probably imitative. Cf. Ger. knistern to crackle. Related: Gnashed; gnashing …   Etymology dictionary

  • gnash — *bite, gnaw, champ Analogous words: grind, grate, rasp (see SCRAPE): *strike, smite …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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