gnashing of teeth
Teeth ground together
Gnashing of teeth is grinding or clenching the teeth together, expressing extreme anguish, frustration, or rage.
The phrase appears in biblical descriptions of hell and has become a set expression for intense suffering or bitter regret: There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Often paired with wailing or weeping in contexts of despair or lamentation.
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
- gnashingForceful tooth-on-tooth friction
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
weeping and wailing · agony · weeping · bitter tears · lamentation · despair · hell · lake of fire · damnation · eternal damnation · suffering · biblical · fury · rage · clenching · jaw · clenched jaw · bitterness
- Hellhellfire, brimstone, lake of fire, eternal fire, perdition
- Divine Punishmentdivine retribution, divine wrath, wrath of God, smite, smiting
gnashing of teethpeace of mind
State without anxiety
serenity · tranquility · contentment · bliss · inner peace
gnashing of teethheavenly bliss
Supreme spiritual joy
eternal rest · paradise · salvation · kingdom of heaven · glory