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单词 heart-scalded
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heart-scaldedadj.

Brit. /ˈhɑːtskɔːldᵻd/, U.S. /ˈhɑrtˌskɔldəd/, /ˈhɑrtˌskɑldəd/, Scottish English /ˈhartskɔ(l)dᵻd/, /ˈhɛrtskɔ(l)dᵻd/, Irish English /ˈhɑːrtskɒːldəd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: heart n., scalded adj.1
Etymology: < heart n. + scalded adj.1 Compare earlier heart-scalding adj., heart-scald n.
Originally and chiefly Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern).
Deeply troubled; vexed. Also: bitterly upset; anguished.
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the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [adjective] > deeply affected
queasy-stomached1579
heartstrickena1626
heart-scalded1828
1828 M. Banim Croppy III. 62 Misthress Flannigan, my honey, the darlin' iv a Sir William is heart-scalded—the Lord look down upon him, poor crature, this blessed an' holy night.
1843 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry (1854) I. 5 Wurrah! wurrah! but it's me that's the heart-scalded crathur with that man's four quarters.
1894 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Real Charlotte (1910) vi. 33 God knows I'm heart-scalded with the whole o' yees!
1933 ‘P. Slater’ Yellow Briar xi. 232 I felt heart-scalded to be leaving him.
1977 J. Pepper What a Thing to Say (1991) 17 We're heart scalded with the wife's farr.
2008 P. Brady By Heart 39 Was it possible that none of these students recognized themselves in O'Brien's heart-scalded characters?
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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