gnashing your teeth
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Gnash
//ˈnæʃ//
Synonyms for "gnash" (29 found)
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Translations
84 translations across 50 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- βρύκω verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- βρύχω verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- γομφιάζω verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- πρίω verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Arabic
1 entries- قَرَشَ verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Breton
2 entries- charoñsiñ verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- grigoñsat verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Bulgarian
1 entries- скърцам със зъби verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Catalan
1 entries- cruixir verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Cebuano
1 entries- kagot verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Chinese
2 entries- 切齒 /切齿 verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- 咬牙 verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 䫴 /𩖗 verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- 䶟 verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- 切齒 /切齿 verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- 咬牙 verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 䫴 /𩖗 verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- 䶟 verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- 切齒 /切齿 verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- 咬牙 verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Czech
1 entries- skřípat verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Danish
1 entries- skære tænder verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Dutch
2 entries- knarsetanden verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- tandenknarsen verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Esperanto
1 entries- grincigi verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Faroese
1 entries- grísla verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Finnish
2 entries- kiristellä verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- kiristää verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
French
2 entries- grincer verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- serrer les dents verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Galician
2 entries- rilar verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- rillar verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Georgian
4 entries- აღრჭენს verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- აღრჭიალებს verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- კბილებს აღრჭენს verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- კბილებს აღრჭიალებს verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
German
1 entries- knirschen verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Greek
1 entries- τρίζω verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 切齒 /切齿 verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- 咬牙 verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Hindi
1 entries- पीसना verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Hungarian
2 entries- csikorgatja a fogát verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- fogát csikorgatja verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Icelandic
1 entries- nísta verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Ido
1 entries- grincar verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Italian
4 entries- digrignare verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- dirugginire verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- sbattere verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- scuotere verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Japanese
1 entries- 歯軋りする verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Korean
1 entries- 갈다 verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Latin
1 entries- frendo verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Latvian
1 entries- griezt verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Lithuanian
2 entries- griežinti verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- griežti verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Māori
4 entries- nenē verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- tetē verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- tetēā verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- whakatetēā verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- skjære tenner verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Persian
1 entries- ساییدن verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Polish
1 entries- zgrzytać verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Portuguese
2 entries- ranger verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- rilhar verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Romanian
1 entries- scrâșni din dinți verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Romansch
2 entries- sgriziar verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- sgriztgar verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Russian
1 entries- скрежета́ть verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Scots
1 entries- chirk verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- škrgùtati verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
- шкргу̀тати verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Shan
1 entries- ၵတ်းၶဵဝ်ႈၵတ်းၽၼ်း verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Spanish
1 entries- crujir de dientes verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Swedish
1 entries- gnissla verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Teochew
1 entries- 咬牙切齒 /咬牙切齿 verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Thai
1 entries- กัด verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Ukrainian
1 entries- скреготати verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Urdu
1 entries- پِیسْنا verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nghiến răng verb (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
to gnash the air in fury
Source: wiktionary
The dog was gnashing a carpet
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There they were, boiling up in snowy spouts of spray, smiting and gnashing together like the gleaming teeth of hell.
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