单词 | fearing |
释义 | fearingn. The action of fear v.: (a) the being in fear or dread, †an instance of this. †to have in fearing: to be in dread of; (b) the action of distrusting or doubting; †an instance of this.In the Lancashire dialect used collectively for ghosts, fairies, goblins, etc. By dialect writers spelt fe(e)orin. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of terror or horror > [noun] > terror grurec900 awec1175 dreadc1200 fearlaca1225 ferdc1330 ferdlac1340 gastnessc1374 tremorc1374 dreadnessa1400 ferdshipa1400 scarea1400 dreadfulnessc1440 raddourc1440 terrorc1480 cremeur1485 fearing1546 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [noun] > action of distrusting mistrustinga1450 surmising1526 fearing1546 suspicionatinga1637 diffiding1658 suspecting1691 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. i. sig. Fiiiv Decay of clene sweepyng folke had in fearyng. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island viii. x. 109 Sending often back his doubtfull eye, By fearing taught unthought of treacherie. a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) i. 113 Long he had not been in Spain, when there were many fearings of him in the Court of England. 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iii. 126 Poor Hobhowchin puts you in this fearing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2018). fearingadj. That fears; often in combination with prefixed object, as in ghost-fearing, God-fearing: see the nouns. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] affrightedOE ofdreadOE afearedOE offearedlOE radc1175 frightya1325 fearedc1330 fearfulc1374 afraidc1380 frayeda1400 wrotha1400 afearc1410 ghastful1422 fleyedc1425 afleyeda1500 a flighta1535 effrayed1553 flight-given?1611 hareda1618 frighted1647 affrightened1649 frighteneda1721 scared1725 intimidated1727 frightsome1827 scary1827 funked1831 fearing1837 funked out1859 fearsome1863 chickenshit1940 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 14 The aristocratic is..the fearing, while the democratic is the hoping, party. Derivatives ˈfearingly adv. †(a) in a terrifying manner (obsolete); (b) with fear, timidly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adverb] dreadlyc1175 eislichec1175 grimlyc1175 ungainlya1200 awly?c1225 grurefulliche?c1225 fiendlyc1275 dreadfullya1400 felly?c1400 awfully1487 terrible1490 terriblya1500 fearingly1556 direly1610 dismally1653 dreadful1682 formidably1685 terrifyingly1767 direfully1775 terrifically1778 terrificly1791 appallingly1825 turble1893 the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adverb] arghlyc1000 eislichec1175 faintly1297 fearedly1488 sheepishly1528 fearfully1548 timorously1548 tremblingly1552 sheepish1581 ghastly1589 frightfully1621 timidly1656 meticulouslya1682 fearingly1820 fearsomely1876 scarily1880 tremulously1886 mousily1910 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lviii Which shall make thant ieperd much by affection..to comfort spiders spightfully Rather then discomfort them thus fearingly. 1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 17 Not with cold wonder fearingly, But Orpheus-like. 1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. viii. 198 The Conformist..fearingly doubted its consequences. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1546adj.1556 |
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