bite one's nails

verb as in worry

Strongest matches

annoy
bother
depress
disturb
fret
irritate
perturb
plague
trouble
try
unsettle
upset

Weak matches

concern oneself
feel uneasy
gnaw at
go for
have qualms
sweat out
take on

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The habits range from the queer desire to bite one's nails to the quick that is so common in children and which persists in the psychasthenic adult, to the odd grimaces and facial contortions, blinking eyes and cracking joints of the inveterate ticquer.

bite one's nails

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