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单词 mismay
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mismayv.

Brit. /mɪsˈmeɪ/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈmeɪ/, Scottish English /mɪsˈme/, Irish English /mɪsˈmeː/
Forms: Middle English mismai, Middle English mismei, Middle English (1800s– English regional (north-western)) mismay; Scottish pre-1700 mysmay, pre-1700 1800s– mismay, 1800s– mismae; Irish English (northern) 1800s– mismay.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: dismay v.1
Etymology: Probably alteration of dismay v.1, after mis- prefix1. Compare earlier esmay v., amay v., may v.2
Now chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern).
transitive. To trouble, disturb; to perturb. Chiefly reflexive.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > upset or perturb [verb (transitive)]
to-wendc893
mingeOE
dreveOE
angerc1175
sturb?c1225
worec1225
troublec1230
sturble1303
disturbc1305
movea1325
disturblec1330
drubblea1340
drovec1350
distroublec1369
tempestc1374
outsturba1382
unresta1382
stroublec1384
unquietc1384
conturb1393
mismaya1400
unquemea1400
uneasec1400
discomfita1425
smite?a1425
perturbc1425
pertrouble?1435
inquiet1486
toss1526
alter1529
disquiet1530
turmoil1530
perturbate1533
broil1548
mis-set?1553
shake1567
parbruilyiec1586
agitate1587
roil1590
transpose1594
discompose1603
harrow1609
hurry1611
obturb1623
shog1636
untune1638
alarm1649
disorder1655
begruntlea1670
pother1692
disconcert1695
ruffle1701
tempestuate1702
rough1777
caddle1781
to put out1796
upset1805
discomfort1806
start1821
faze1830
bother1832
to put aback1833
to put about1843
raft1844
queer1845
rattle1865
to turn over1865
untranquillize1874
hack1881
rock1881
to shake up1884
to put off1909
to go (also pass) through a phase1913
to weird out1970
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 15265 (MED) Mismai [a1400 Fairf. Dismay] yow noght, mi breþer dere, Quat-sum yee her or se.
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) 683 in Shorter Poems (2003) 48 Than as I mocht with curage all mysmaid..Sair abasyt, beliue I thus out braid.
c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1925) I. i. 647 We na wayis sould vs mismay.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To Mismae, to disturb; as, ‘She never mismaed her mind’.
1844 R. Huddleston Poems 66 Their petticoats weel kilt ahin, Nor dub or stoure mismay 'em.
1892 Ballymena Observer in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 299/1 He niver mismayed himself, but let me dae it a' myself.
a1902 J. Heughan tr. Virgil Eclogue IV in Gallovidian (1913) 15 109 True man, I trow—ay, King weel worth the hae'in', That yirth's sawt winna think o' ance mismae'in'.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 224/2 Mismay,..usually mismay yourself, worry, upset yourself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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