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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesassillante
Pronunciation / Transliteration: assillante
"Aveva un dubbio assillante che lo tormentava."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Persistently worrying, distressing, or painful over a long period.
"He had a gnawing suspicion that he had forgotten something important before leaving the house."
- 1
Present participle of gnaw; biting or chewing persistently on something.
"The hungry puppy was gnawing happily on a thick rubber bone."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English verb 'gnagan', meaning to bite or chew, which traces back to Proto-Germanic *gnaganą and Proto-Indo-European *gno- 'to scratch, bite'. Over centuries, the literal sense of persistent chewing evolved metaphorically to describe a continuous, nagging pain, anxiety, or doubt that wears away at someone.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Gnawing" is said worldwide
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tenace
Transliteration: tənas
"Il avait un doute tenace dans son esprit."
nagend
Transliteration: naːɡənt
"Sie verspürte ein nagendes Schuldgefühl."
assillante
Transliteration: assillante
"Aveva un dubbio assillante che lo tormentava."
punzante
Transliteration: punxante
"Sentía una punzante duda en su interior."
roedor
Transliteration: roedor
"Ele tinha uma dúvida roedor na mente."
कुतरने वाला
Transliteration: kutarne vala
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"उसके मन में एक कुतरने वाला संदेह था।"
折磨人的
Transliteration: zhémó rén de
Script: 中文汉字
"他心中有一种折磨人的怀疑。"
가슴을 찌르는
Transliteration: gaseumeul jjireuneun
Script: 한국어 한글
"그는 마음속에서 가슴을 찌르는 의심을 느꼈다."
むしばむような
Transliteration: mushibamu yō na
Script: 日本語
"彼には心をむしばむような不安があった。"
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