GNAWED (AT OR ON) Synonyms: 49 Similar Words

gnawed (at or on)

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past tense of gnaw (at or on)

as in picked (at)

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The part that was chewed was the part that goes over your instep, a kind of flap or lip.

— Lydia Davis, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026
His clawed and chewed backpack revealed that he, too, could have been critically injured.

— Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026

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Tuxedo kitten Paolina bounced onto my chest and licked my fingers.

— Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Her entire face got licked clean off her head when suburban floodwaters breached the cardboard hull protecting Kath’s basement memorabilia stack a few months before I was born.

— Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

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