单词 | heart-aching |
释义 | heart-achingn. Now rare. Emotional pain or anguish; an instance or expression of this. Also literal: †pain in the region of the heart, esp. heartburn (obsolete). Cf. heartache n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > [noun] tintreghc893 threat971 piningOE murderOE anguish?c1225 woea1250 pinec1275 tormentc1290 languorc1300 heartbreakc1330 surcarkingc1330 martyrement1340 threst1340 agonyc1384 martyrdomc1384 tormentryc1386 martyre?a1400 tormentisec1405 rack?a1425 anguishing1433 angorc1450 anguishnessa1475 torture?c1550 heartsickness1556 butchery1582 heartache1587 anguishment1592 living hell1596 discruciation1597 heart-aching1607 throeing1615 rigour1632 crucifixion1648 lancination1649 bosom-hell1674 heart-rending1707 brain-racking1708 tormentation1789 bosom-throe1827 angoisse1910 1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. C4 Throbs, and heart akings, in the generall boosome. 1622 ‘I. Maximinus’ Whereas Professor Hereof 24 Oct. (single sheet) It is good for a stopping, or a stuffing in the stomack.., or heart-burning, and heart-aking. 1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 227 Many a groan, many a sigh, and heart-aking. 1683 R. Dixon Canidia iv. v. 23 Lethargies, Palsies dead and shaking, And all manner of Heart-aking. a1776 J. Griffith Jrnl. Life, Trav., & Labours in Work of Ministry (1779) 36 Many weary steps and painful heart-achings. a1836 T. Shillitoe Jrnl. Life, Labours, & Trav. (1839) I. xxi. 376 If heart-aching was to be the result of my flinching from this part of my post, where am I to go to seek a sovereign remedy for it? 1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life xxiii. 229 The heart-aching that is concealed within the glare and tinsel exposed to the audience. 1914 Outlook 21 Feb. 413/2 With a great deal of heart-aching I had to dispose of the sweets. 2009 W. T. Shaw Taste for Belize 156 Let the truth be known; that way, we can skip the heart-aching and get straight to the real feelings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). heart-achingadj. That causes or is characterized or accompanied by heartache (chiefly in sense 2). Later also more generally: deeply moving; expressing or expressive of intense feeling (cf. aching adj. 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [adjective] anguishous?c1225 wounding?c1225 asperc1374 derflya1400 rending?c1400 furiousc1405 fretting1413 piercingc1450 anguish1477 piquant1521 anguishing?1566 plaguing1566 asperous?1567 agonizing1570 tormenting1575 wringing1576 cutting1582 tormentous1583 tormentful1596 tormentuous1597 racking1598 torturous1600 lacerating1609 torturing1611 tearinga1616 heart-aching1620 breast-rending1625 crucifying1648 tormentative1654 martyring?a1656 tormentive1655 discruciating1658 cruciatory1660 anguishful1685 brain-racking1708 probing1749 agonized1793 anguished1803 harrowing1810 vulnerary1821 grinding1869 torturesome1889 wrenching1889 tortuous1922 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. vi. i. f. 3v Ouercome with many colde sweates, and passionate heart-aking qualmes. 1649 G. Winstanley New Law Righteousnes 8 Those heart-aking pressures and sorrows, which the flesh puls upon himself. 1706 N. Rowe Ulysses iv. i. 1751 If ever maid was yet belov'd..With such Heart-aking, eager, anxious Fondness. 1764 J. Griffith Some Brief Remarks Sundry Important Subj. iii. 48 The defection in practice that is to be found amongst us as a people.., which hath caused abundance of pain and heart-aching distress to the living body. 1830 M. E. Talbot Rurality vii. 62 Loise opened it, and discovered, to her heart-aching sight, the chain and heart! the last gift she had presented to her soldier! 1888 Time (London) Sept. 266 This round of toil and placid leisure is sometimes intruded upon by disaster that thrills the village with heartaching dread. 1921 Harper's Mag. Mar. 455/2 Slowly he was drawn away to the heartfelt, heart-aching song. 1964 Daily Mail (Hagerstown, Maryland) 14 Apr. 4/1 The story occupied only a couple of inches of space inside a newspaper, but it was tragic, heart-aching news. 2010 R. Harvell Bells i. 5 Someone had climbed the church's belfry and tolled the church's bell. It was the most beautiful, heartaching sound Richard Kilchmar had ever heard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607adj.1620 |
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