Gnash
[næʃ]
Definition
(v. t.) To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth.
(v. i.) To grind or strike the teeth together.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Strike together (the teeth).
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Definition
v.t. to strike the teeth together in rage or pain.—v.i. to grind the teeth.—n. a sudden snap.—adv. Gnash′ingly.
Typist: Thaddeus
Examples
- Slackbridge jumped up and stood beside him, gnashing and tearing. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- They danced to the popular Revolution song, keeping a ferocious time that was like a gnashing of teeth in unison. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He's a cursed white-blooded pedantic coxcomb, said Will, with gnashing impetuosity. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- So we all rode down to Magdala, while the gnashing of teeth waxed and waned by turns, and harsh words troubled the holy calm of Galilee. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Instantly there was wailing and gnashing of teeth in the camp. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The feelings of kindness and gentleness, which I had entertained but a few moments before, gave place to hellish rage and gnashing of teeth. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Thus Slackbridge; gnashing and perspiring after a prodigious sort. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He gnashed his teeth with rage, tore the hair from his head, and assailed with horrid imprecations the men who had been intrusted with the writ. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Yet a few yards to Yeobright's left, on the open heath, how ineffectively gnashed the storm! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I gnashed my teeth, and ground them together, uttering a groan that came from my inmost soul. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- And the thing jumped at them and gnashed its teeth and then spat upon them from frothing lips. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The monster saw my determination in my face, and gnashed his teeth in the impotence of anger. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- When I presented my bouquet, he gnashed his teeth with jealousy. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But he is generally melancholy and despairing; and sometimes he gnashes his teeth, as if impatient of the weight of woes that oppresses him. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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