单词 | discomforting |
释义 | discomfortingn. The action of discomfort v. (in various senses). Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > dismay > [noun] dismaying13.. discomfortc1405 discourage1434 discouraging1436 discomforting1437 qualm?1531 faintingc1540 quailing1542 discouragement1548 dismayedness1571 dismay1590 disencouragement1598 dismayment1600 exanimation1604 disheartenednessa1680 astonishing1820 disheartenment1876 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > [noun] > want or loss of spirit discomfortc1405 discourage1434 discouraging1436 discomforting1437 discouragement1548 disencouragement1598 disheartenednessa1680 lostness1728 disheartenment1876 1437 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1437 §24. m. 5 In derogation of which jurisdiction and fraunchise, and discounfortyng of all þo þat shuld go to þe see for þe savegarde þerof. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 193 For throw mekill disconforting Men fallis off into disparyng. 1564 J. Rastell Confut. Serm. M. Iuell f. 15v Now, to the discomforting of the simple and poore, ye make to your selues priuate and singular banketes? 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. f. 105 But, when the Morning came, it little shewed, Save light, to see discomfortings renewed. 1654 W. Eyre Vindiciæ Justificationis xv. 153 The hardning, and discomforting of..hearts. 1847 ‘T. Crick’ Sketches from Diary of Commerc. Traveller 22 The road..has its drawbacks and discomfortings in an endless variety of forms. 1893 R. P. Jacobus Escape from Philistia iii. 23 That effeminate ambition..to exercise ones charms to the discomforting of the other sex. 1903 Publishers' Circular 79 78/1 The story is of the outwitting, the discomforting, of Mr. Sudgeberry, by the wild, reckless, handsome Will Fentriss. 1995 R. Garland Eye of Beholder v. 82 The resolution of an awkward situation achieved by the discomforting of a cripple is profoundly ironic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). discomfortingadj. Causing discomfort (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [adjective] eileOE soreOE balefulc1200 carefulc1200 aching?c1225 pinefulc1225 sughendc1230 pininga1250 stinginga1250 toughc1275 deringa1325 unsetec1325 unwinc1330 throlya1375 encumbrousc1384 grievable1390 painful1395 plaintfula1400 sweamlya1400 swemandc1400 temptingc1400 importunea1425 sweamfulc1430 penible?a1439 discomfortingc1450 grievingc1450 remordingc1450 sorousc1503 badc1530 paining1532 raw1548 nippingc1550 smartful1556 pinching1563 grievesome1568 griping1568 afflictive1576 pressing1591 boisterous1599 heartstruck1608 carkingc1620 gravaminous1659 vellicating1669 weary1785 traumatizing1970 gut-wrenching1972 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious angeeOE swinkfuleOE plightlyOE teenfulOE contrariousc1320 drefa1325 troublinga1325 despitousa1340 thornya1340 discomfortablec1350 troublablec1374 noyousa1382 noyfulc1384 diseasy1387 angrya1393 painful1395 hackinga1400 annoying?c1400 annoyousc1400 cumbrousc1400 teenc1400 annoyfulc1405 sputousc1420 diseasefula1425 molest?a1425 noying?a1425 noisomea1450 grievingc1450 tedious?1454 troublous1463 noisantc1475 displeasant1481 strouble1488 nuisant1494 noyanta1500 irksome1513 sturting1513 molestious1524 vexatious1534 cumbersome1535 uncommodious1541 spiteful1548 vexing?1548 incommodious1551 molestous1555 diseasing1558 grating1563 pestilent1565 sturtsome1570 molestuousa1572 troublesome1573 murrain1575 discommodable1579 galling1583 spiny1586 unsupportable1586 troubleful1588 plaguey1594 distressingc1595 molestful1596 molesting1598 vexful1598 fretful1603 briery1604 bemadding1608 mortifying1611 tiry1611 distressfula1616 irking1629 angersome1649 disobliging1652 discomforting1654 incomfortable1655 incommode1672 ruffling1680 unconvenient1683 pestifying1716 trying1718 offending1726 bothering1765 pesky1775 weary1785 sturty1788 unaccommodating1790 tiresome1798 werriting1808 bothersome1817 plaguesome1828 pestilential1833 fretsome1834 languorous1834 pesty1834 pestersome1843 nettlesome1845 miserable1850 niggling1854 distempering1855 be-maddeninga1861 nattery1873 nagging1883 pestiferous1890 trouble-giving1893 maddening1896 molestive1905 nuisancy1906 balls-aching?1912 nuisance1922 nattering1949 noodgy1969 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 cockish1996 c1450 (?a1400) Sege Melayne (1880) l. 240 Þe Saraȝen slewe oure cristyn knyghte, It was dyscomforthynge. 1654 C. Hotham tr. J. Böhme Consolatory Treat. Four Complexions v. sig. B11v [The Devill] signifies his approach by these his discomforting harbingers. 1733 J. Wood Returning our Spirits 17 The grave springs up such Gloom and Melancholy..that we avoid as much as may be, the discomforting Theme. 1788 tr. F. O. Petitpierre Thoughts Divine Goodness 125 Must I now compare these luminous and exhilarating truths, with the gloomy, and discomforting opinion I am combating? 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 89/2 What discomforting ups and downs! 1857 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. II. 418 A most discomforting knowledge of the consequences which had ensued. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 26 July 5/2 There is a slightly choppy sea, which is somewhat discomforting to the swimmer. 1971 K. Awoonor This Earth, my Brother ii. 19 A nagging and discomforting anxiety about how much their pensions and gratuities were going to amount to. 2004 Daily Tel. 4 Mar. 38/2 Shell is a discomforting reminder that some things never change. Derivatives disˈcomfortingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adverb] > in annoying or vexatious manner noyfully1395 annoyously?c1400 noyously1483 troublously1538 uncommodiously1545 wretchedly1546 irksomely1549 incommodiously1551 troublesomely1591 vexingly1599 cumbersomely1611 vexatiously1642 discomfortably1653 importunely1658 gratingly1683 mortifyingly1748 distressingly1786 gallingly1802 annoyingly1806 peskily1833 pesky1833 tryingly1841 discomfortingly1869 balls-achingly1972 1869 Times 1 Oct. 9/3 The heavy train passed, causing..the whole structure to vibrate most discomfortingly. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors II. i. 13 What was her own of a mind hung hovering above him, criticizing; and involuntarily, discomfortingly. 1999 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 5 Nov. w6 Tuesday night's waiter hovered discomfortingly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1437adj.c1450 |
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