gnashes
Clenches jaw angrily
Gnashes is the third-person singular of gnash, meaning to grind or strike the teeth together, usually in anger or anguish.
The word appears most often in the biblical phrase weeping and gnashing of teeth, describing torment.
Outside religious contexts: He gnashes his teeth in frustration.
Shedding tears audibly
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- perditionEternal spiritual ruin
- damnationEternal punishment decree
hellfire · judgment · torment · suffering · anguish · regret · remorse · despair
Involuntary jaw clenching
- jawBone holding teeth
- clenchingSqueezing tightly shut
- molarsRear crushing teeth
- enamelHard glossy coating
bite · grinding · dentist · TMJ · mandible · incisors · canines · occlusion
Intense, violent anger
- furyIntense violent anger
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- ireIntense fury
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
resentment · indignation · seething · fuming · livid · outrage · bitterness · exasperation
Persistent apprehensive distress
- tensionStretched or strained state
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- pressureForce upon contact
- worryTroubled mental state
strain · distress · nervousness · agitation · restlessness · overwhelm · turmoil · anguish
weeping
Shedding tears audibly
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- perditionEternal spiritual ruin
damnation · hellfire · judgment · torment · suffering · anguish · regret · remorse · despair · outer darkness
bruxism
Involuntary jaw clenching
enamel · bite · grinding · dentist · TMJ · mandible · incisors · canines · occlusion · mouthguard
rage
Intense, violent anger
frustration · resentment · indignation · seething · fuming · livid · outrage · bitterness · exasperation · vexation
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
- tensionStretched or strained state
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- pressureForce upon contact
worry · strain · distress · nervousness · agitation · restlessness · overwhelm · turmoil · anguish · torment