| Main Entry: | gnaw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bite, chew |
Synonyms: |
champ, chaw, chomp, consume, corrode, crunch, devour, eat, eat away, erode, gum, masticate, munch, nibble, wear |
| Main Entry: | gnaw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be bothered, worried about |
Synonyms: |
annoy, bedevil, beleague, distress, eat at, fret, harass, harry, haunt, irritate, nag, pester, plague, prey on one's mind, rankle, tease, trouble, wear down |
| Main Entry: | annoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate, upset |
Synonyms: |
T-off, abrade, agitate, ask for it, badger, be at, be on the back of, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, burn up, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on, exasperate, fire up, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, heat up, henpeck, hit where one lives, irk, madden, make waves, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, tick off, trouble, turn off, vex, work on, worry |
Antonyms: |
aid, gratify, make happy, please, soothe |
| Main Entry: | beleaguer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harass, besiege |
Synonyms: |
annoy, badger, bedevil, beset, blockade, bother, gnaw, harry, nag, persecute, pester, plague, put upon, set upon, siege, storm, tease, vex, worry |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grip or tear with teeth |
Synonyms: |
champ, chaw, chaw on, chew, chomp, clamp, crunch, crush, cut, eat, gnaw, hold, lacerate, masticate, munch, nibble, nip, pierce, pinch, rend, ruminate, seize, sever, snap, take a chunk out of, taste, tooth, wound |
| Main Entry: | chew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grind with teeth |
Synonyms: |
bite, champ, chaw, chomp, crunch, dispatch, feast upon, gnaw, gulp, gum, manducate, masticate, munch, nibble, rend, ruminate, scrunch |
| Main Entry: | corrode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wear away; eat away |
Synonyms: |
bite, canker, consume, corrupt, destroy, deteriorate, erode, gnaw, impair, oxidize, rot, rust, scour, waste |
Antonyms: |
aid, build, fortify, help |
| Main Entry: | crunch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grind, chew |
Synonyms: |
beat, bite, champ, chaw, chomp, crush, gnaw, masticate, munch, ruminate, scrunch |
| Main Entry: | damage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause injury, loss |
Synonyms: |
abuse, bang up, batter, bleach, blight, break, burn, contaminate, corrode, corrupt, crack, cripple, deface, defile, dirty, discolor, disfigure, disintegrate, dismantle, fade, gnaw, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, infect, injure, lacerate, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pollute, ravage, rot, ruin, rust, scathe, scorch, scratch, smash, split, spoil, stab, stain, tamper with, tarnish, tear, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wear away, wound, wreak havoc on, wreck, wrong |
Antonyms: |
benefit, bless, enhance, favor, fix, improve, mend, perfect, repair |
| Main Entry: | eat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | erode, wear away; use up |
Synonyms: |
bite, condense, corrode, crumble, decay, decompose, disappear, disintegrate, dissipate, dissolve, drain, exhaust, gnaw, liquefy, melt, nibble, rot, run through, rust, spill, squander, vanish, waste away |
Antonyms: |
build, maintain, preserve |
