gnashy
/ˈnæ.ʃi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Related to or typical of gnashing the teeth.
adj
Characterized by grinding or gnashing.
Example Sentences
- "Deft and comfy, if gnashy of engine, the Prizm looks like an inspired sketch that somehow made it into metal and ought to be viewed as a traveling sculpture exhibit."
- "I wanted it, but my stomach was so gnashy I ended up taking a bite, walking out to the pool, and then returning for another."
- "When I'm anxious, me gullet gets gnashy."
- "Even Hozomeen'll crack and fall apart, nothing lasts, it is only a faring-in-that-which-everything-is, a passing-through, that's what's going on, why ask questions or tear hair or weep, the burble blear purple Lear on his moor of woes he is only a gnashy old flap with winged whiskers beminded by a fool -- to be and not to be, that's what we are -- Does the Void take any part in life and death?"
- "What you SHOULD do (again, MHO) is decide _wear_ the big, gnashy treasure items of your world are (in this fabled armory; in that horde) and if the players WANT to tempt a near-total probability of death and _succeed(!)_ then let them HAVE the item(s)."
- ""Dreary to explain and word all that gnashy science into flowery bower chat," said Emul."
Etymology
From gnash + -y.