释义 |
soul-sickening, ppl. a. [f. soul n. 23.] Extremely depressing or dejecting.
1825J. Wilson Poems ii. 11 One soul-sickening moment of despair. 1854Greenwood Haps & Mishaps 89 All was squalor and tatters, soul-sickening and disgusting. 1891Kipling City Dreadf. Nt. 5 For diffused, soul-sickening expansiveness, the reek of Calcutta beats both Benares and Peshawur. |