Idiom
gnash one's teeth
Meaning
To grind or strike the teeth together in anger, signaling extreme rage, frustration, pain, or ferocity.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He started to gnash his teeth in anger.”
“When the computer crashed and deleted his entire report, he could only gnash his teeth in frustration.”
“The villain began to gnash his teeth, his face twisted in rage as he realized his elaborate plan had finally failed.”
Examples
simple
“He started to gnash his teeth in anger.”
contextual
“When the computer crashed and deleted his entire report, he could only gnash his teeth in frustration.”
complex
“The villain began to gnash his teeth, his face twisted in rage as he realized his elaborate plan had finally failed.”
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