单词 | self-tormenting |
释义 | self-tormentingn. The action or practice of inflicting (esp. mental) pain or suffering on oneself; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [noun] > tormenting oneself self-torment1624 self-tormenting1628 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer ii. f. 44 Fantastique wayes of selfe-contenting Are but the certaine paths to selfe-tormenting. 1673 R. Baxter Christian Directory i. 165 It is unlike that these should delight in God, who keep their minds in a continual ulcerated galled state.., and cease not their self-tormenting. a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 115 Though all her self-tormentings are in vain, She no Alleviation can obtain. 1764 W. Dodd Visitor I. xvi. 88 Anticipation of misfortunes, that ingenious method of self tormenting (wherein many are so skilled). 1841 A. Helps Ess. 8 Some antidotes against the manifold ingenuity of self-tormenting. 1891 Spectator 25 July 122/1 The extraordinary genius for self-tormenting which both these remarkable persons possessed. 1936 W. Van Etten I am Fox x. 318 Maybe..all the self-tormenting, her questionings, would disappear. 2014 Scotsman (Nexis) 21 Sept. Golf is a form of self-tormenting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). self-tormentingadj. Of a person: that inflicts (esp. mental) pain or suffering on himself or herself; engaging in self-torment. Of a feeling, action, etc.: characterized by or expressing self-torment; (also) giving rise to self-torment. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [adjective] > tormenting oneself self-tormenting1596 1596 B. Griffin Fidessa vi. sig. B3v Vnhappie sentence, worse then paines of hell, To liue in self-tormenting griefes alone. 1646 R. Crashaw Sospetto d'Herode lii, in Steps to Temple 68 Tyranny And selfe-tormenting sin. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation iii. 151 Tim'rous Minds with self-tormenting Care Create those awful Phantoms. 1764 Cap & Staff 24 Tho' both by self tormenting thoughts accurst, Yet still thy wretched bargain is the worst. 1800 Albion & Evening Advertiser 15 Dec. Of all man's self-tormenting race, A miser claims the foremost place. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xiv. 281 The many wills made by my unhappy self-tormenting father. 1912 Washington Post 7 Dec. 2/5 Its fierce, self-conflicting, self-tormenting passions. 1958 N.Y. Times 14 Oct. 44/2 The piteous herds of anguished and self-tormenting people driven by soldiers and priests. 2001 Poetry 179 116 [In the poem] guilt..is expressed with a self-tormenting fervor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1628adj.1596 |
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