单词 | discomforture |
释义 | discomforturen. rare in 18th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun] rueeOE teeneOE sorrowOE gramec1000 sytec1175 ruthc1225 dolea1240 balec1275 sighinga1300 dolour13.. ermingc1300 heartbreakc1330 discomfortc1350 griefa1375 tristourc1380 desolation1382 sichinga1387 tristesse1390 compassiona1400 rueinga1400 smarta1400 displeasure14.. gremec1400 heavity14.. dillc1420 notea1425 discomforturec1450 dolefulnessc1450 wandremec1450 regratec1485 doleance1490 trista1510 mispleasance1532 pathologiesa1586 balefulness1590 drearing1591 distressedness1592 woenessa1600 desertion1694 ruesomeness1881 schmerz1887 c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 187 (MED) Here on lyue as nys ther creature Which outward shewith so smal discomforture As that y do, and fele so gret a payne. 1462 R. Calle in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 370 Weche was to me ryght greete hevynes and discomforture nough in my trouble. 1559 Primer in Priv. Prayers (1851) 92 My heart is almost like to brast, so great is my discomforture. a1675 J. Lightfoot Wks. (1684) II. 1087 There was a two fold trouble and discomforture might lie upon their hearts. 1800 P. Littlejohn Mistake III. 16 Fairfax..was too hardened in the ways of vice to be frightened into the paths of rectitude by discomforture. 1831 E. Nares Mem. W. Cecil III. 61 The Spanish troops..pillaged and plundered in a most merciless manner the city of Antwerp, to the great loss and discomforture of many English families. 2. Defeat in battle; overthrow, rout; an instance of this. Cf. discomfiture n. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > [noun] confusionc1290 scomfit13.. cumber1303 discomfitc1330 scomfitingc1333 discomfiturea1400 scomfiturea1400 discomfitingc1405 overthrowc1440 male journey1455 overset1456 foilc1478 discomforture1485 supprise1488 reversea1529 distrage?1548 loss1548 defeat1553 underdeal1553 discomfort1589 defeatment1598 defeature1598 rufflec1600 defeatance1608 routa1616 Caudine Forks1619 disrout1623 conviction1631 bang1644 derout1644 conquest1677 drubbing1769 check1793 thrashing1797 sauve-qui-peut1815 debacle1847 smash1888 pasting1942 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. xv. sig. biijv There began a grete medele of brekyng of speres and smytynge of swerdys with sleynge of men and horses And kynge Idres was nere at discomforture [a1470 Winch. Coll. discomfited]. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) l. 2571 (MED) Thei..thought suerly it myght non other be Butte thei were bothe to discomforture. 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War Table f. xii Howe the Athenyens and theyr allyes, after the dyscomforture, departed frome theyr campe. 1632 H. Hawkins Hist. S. Elizabeth iii. iii. 317 Like a huge army scattered after a discomforture giuen. 1829 G. A. Ellis Hist. & Antiq. Weymouth 120 A total discomforture of his army completely overturned his schemes of ambition. 1881 Californian Feb. 109/2 The discomforture of Charlemagne is, by a geographical error of Milton, located at Fontarabia. 1911 M. I. J. Griffin Catholics & Amer. Revol. III. 142 On August 16, 1777, came the battle at Bennington, Vermont, won by General Stark... It was the beginning of discomforture and capture of Burgoyne. 3. The state, condition, or fact of being (mentally or physically) uncomfortable or uneasy; = discomfort n. 4b. Also: an instance of this. Cf. discomfiture n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [noun] stirringc888 maleasea1300 uneasea1300 diseasec1330 perturbationa1382 unrestfulnessc1384 disturbancea1387 unroc1390 distroublancea1400 perturbancec1425 unquietnessc1460 inquietation1461 conturbationc1470 unheart's-ease1470 distroubling1487 wanease15.. inquietness?1504 unrufe1508 sturt1513 pertroublancea1522 inquieting1527 unquieting1548 turmoiling1550 unquiet1551 agitation?1555 storm1569 wanrest1570 discountenance1577 float1579 disquiet1581 brangling1584 diseasefulnessa1586 restlessness1597 hurry1600 disturbancy1603 disquietment1606 disordera1616 laruma1616 uneasinessa1616 diseasementa1617 discomposture1622 discomposition1624 whirr1628 discomposednessa1631 discomposure1632 pother1638 incomposedness1653 inquietude1658 uneasefulness1661 toss1666 disquietednessa1680 intranquillitya1699 disquietude1709 bosom-broil1742 discomfort1779 rufflement1806 feeze1825 uncomfortableness1828 discomforture1832 astasia1839 dysphoria1842 purr1842 peacelessness1852 palaver1899 perturbment1901 heebie-jeebies1923 wahala1966 agita1979 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun] mingingOE riddleOE cumbermentc1300 willa1325 encumbrancec1330 were1338 perplexitya1393 discomfiturea1425 cumbrancec1460 confuse1483 proplexity1487 perplexion?c1500 amazedness?1520 amazement1553 subversion1558 amaze?1560 perplexednessa1586 confusedness1587 puzzle1599 confusion1600 mizmaze1604 discomfita1616 embarras1627 obfuscation1628 mystery1629 confoundedness1641 puzzledness1662 confuseness1710 puzzlement1731 puzzledom1748 embarrassment1751 puzzleation1767 bepuzzlement1806 conjecture1815 mystification1817 bewilderment1819 perplexment1826 fuddle1827 wilderment1830 discomforture1832 head-scratching1832 baffle1843 posement1850 muddlement1857 turbidity1868 fogging1878 bemuddlement1884 harl1889 befuddlement1905 turbidness1906 wuzziness1942 perplexability1999 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [noun] > discomfort ill liking?a1400 overcasting1552 uneasiness1665 discomfort1779 uncomfortableness1828 discomforture1832 1832 Quid, or, Tales of my Messmates 105 From the discomfortures arising from the ‘Feast’..it was a chance if a supply was at hand. 1839 Med. Examiner (Philadelphia) 13 July 441/1 He..incised it [sc. a mole] at its base, very much to the discomforture of the patient and merriment of the class. 1859 B. P. Shillaber Knitting-work 146 The bust was still there, and it seemed that the features wore a malicious smile of satisfaction at my discomforture. 1906 Le Mars (Iowa) Globe Post 22 Dec. 1/4 She bore the discomfortures of a long and painful illness with great fortitude. 1917 Colorado School Mines Mag. Dec. 232/1 Gibby, believing him..unconscious of the discomforture his ill chosen expressions were causing, asked Chiang..to stop. 2003 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 31 Oct. a12 He's obviously relished the discomforture he's caused within the party. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1450 |
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