单词 | heart-scalding |
释义 | heart-scaldingadj. Causing feelings of bitter disappointment or sorrow; anguished. Also: causing deep anger or resentment. Cf. heart-burning adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [adjective] > affecting intensely or deeply visceral1575 heart-burning1590 heart-scalding1594 heart-piercing1598 flint-moving1600 near-touching1615 penetrativea1616 penetrating1632 heartfelt1712 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. E4 Wth heart scalding sighes I confirmed her parting request, and vowed my selfe hers. 1778 J. Matlock Apostasy 188 While they are throwing at each other the heart-scalding, burning darts of blame, ridicule and upbraidings, though they do dwell together, now comes among them many divisions. 1823 J. Galt Entail III. xii. 115 There is no such heart-scalding insolence as in refusing a solicitation, to refer the suppliant to others, and with prudential admonitions too—curse him who would beg, were it not to avoid doing worse. 1910 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 9 Jan. 30/3 It was a heart-scalding, trying experience for the man who wore the heavyweight crown and it made him furious. 1922 P. Macgillivray Bog Myrtle & Peat Reek 62 Is there no left ae scathin' muse In Scotland yet, to raise the cruse And keen, hert-scaudin' verse to use For Peace and Truth? 1975 Courier-Crescent (Orrville, Ohio) 29 May 4/1 It is not easy to banish from our minds a genuine injustice, a heart-scalding insult, a calculated malicious wrong done to us. 2003 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 20 Jan. r2 Airing tonight..is the superbly made, heartscalding story of the Toronto woman who was raped in her home and then discovered that the Toronto police had known about a serial rapist in the area but hadn't warned women. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1594 |
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