单词 | dismayful |
释义 | dismayfuladj. Full of or fraught with dismay; appalling. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [adjective] dauntinga1400 dismayfulc1595 huffing1602 dismaying1653 disheartening1654 disanimating1659 hectoring1664 bullying1681 bullocking1715 intimidatinga1812 browbeating1816 appalling1817 cowing1843 intimidatorya1846 dompting1912 fuck-off1962 c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cv. 66 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 164 For cheerefull lightes dismayfull lightnings shine. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xi. sig. X5 Much dismay'd with that dismayfull sight. View more context for this quotation 1628 F. Hubert Deplorable Life Edward II (unauthorized ed.) 32 In that sad dismaifull houre of dying. 1876 G. MacDonald Thomas Wingfold vi That thought of all most dismayful. Derivatives disˈmayfully adv. in dismay. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [adverb] > in a manner overwhelmed with fear dismayfully1596 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. viii. sig. T2v From which like mazed deare, dismayfully they flew. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.c1595 |
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