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单词 ear-sore
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ear-soren.

Brit. /ˈɪəsɔː/, U.S. /ˈɪ(ə)rˌsɔr/
Forms: see ear n.1 and sore n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ear n.1, sore n.1
Etymology: < ear n.1 + sore n.1, probably after eyesore n.
Something disagreeable to the ear; a very unpleasant noise. Frequently coupled with eyesore (cf. eyesore n.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > [noun] > sound
unludea1275
ear-sore1594
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits viii. 106 It is rather an head-ach than an eare-sore [It. male d'orecchie].
1641 J. Taylor Brownists Conventicle 7 Then there is another crosse, which is our eare-sore, as well as our eye-sore, deare brethren, that is, those pipes, or Organs, as the reverend Scots Ministers call them.
a1704 T. Brown Let. in Wks. (1707) I. iii. 123 The perpetual jangling of the Chimes..is no small Ear-sore to us.
1839 T. De Quincey in Recoll. of Lake & Lake Poets (1978) 216 The book was to me an eye-sore and an ear-sore for many a year, in consequence of the cacophonous title lettered by the bookseller upon the back.
1909 M. Moore Let. 4 Feb. in Sel. Lett. (1997) 62 I used to hate the piano, and you know what a ‘touch’ is, in the common phrase, as well as I, an ear-sore in most cases.
2009 Observer 27 Dec. (Review section) 16/1 A hellish prog-rock earsore.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ear-soreadj.

Brit. /ˈɪəsɔː/, U.S. /ˈɪ(ə)rˌsɔr/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ear n.1, sore adj.1
Etymology: < ear n.1 + sore adj.1 Compare earlier eyesore adj.
rare.
1. Having sore or deafened ears. Formerly also: deafening, cacophonous.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [adjective] > not hearing > deafened by noise
deafened1679
stunned1764
stounded1827
ear-sore1859
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective] > deafening
deafeninga1616
deafinga1625
obtunding1645
stunning1667
ear-splitting1761
splitting1821
head-splitting1824
shattering1842
ear-sore1859
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > inharmonious or unmelodious
discordanta1425
jarring1552
dissonant1573
tuneless1595
discordous1597
immelodious1601
discord1606
absurd1617
unharmoniousa1634
scrannel1638
unmelodious1665
disharmonious1683
disharmonical1688
unharmonic1694
dissonous1715
inharmonious1715
disconsonant1731
anti-musical1824
ear-sore1859
tin-kettley1862
cacophonous1867
unnoted1867
callithumpian1886
tinny1904
crunchy1959
1859 Allen's Indian Mail 21 Sept. 779/3 The horde of attendants and useless followers, who did nothing more than make noise at the top of their voices, and kept time with the ear-sore music of the tum-tum.
1964 Life 31 Jan. 25/2 In the past week their record of I Want To Hold Your Hand has jumped to No. 1 in the U.S.—as two million ear-sore parents will testify.
1996 A. McCaffrey Red Star Rising (1997) 91 iii. He always felt slightly deafened—certainly ear sore—by the end of a Hatching.
2. English regional (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire). Apt to take offence, touchy. Also: offended, annoyed.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [adjective]
wrothc950
disdainousc1430
indigned1490
wrath1535
disdainful1548
stomachate1575
indignant1590
dudgeon1592
snarling1593
grudgeful1596
stomached1603
offended1607
stomachful1610
injured1634
indign1652
resentful1656
disobliged1673
piqued1689
begrudging1693
sorea1694
huff1714
indignant1744
dudgeoned1796
miff1797
miffed1805
ear-sore1865
niffed1880
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > harm, injury, or wrong > [adjective] > affected by
wrongeda1547
injuried1600
offended1607
injured1634
ear-sore1865
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [adjective]
stomaching1579
pepper-nosed1580
ticklish1581
touchy1602
sensible1613
touchousa1618
tender1641
tickly1661
indigestive1670
snuffy1678
huffy1680
snuffish1689
sorea1694
mifty1699
resentive1710
sensitive1735
uppish1778
miffish1790
miffy1810
stomachy1825
porcupinish1829
insultable1841
offensible1846
highty-tighty1847
prickly1853
fuffy1858
piquable1860
offendable1864
raw1864
ear-sore1865
uffish1871
porcupiny1890
feisty1896
ticklish-tempered1897
toey1930
1865 J. Sleigh Attempt at Derbyshire Gloss. in Reliquary 5 158/2 Ear-sore, easily offended.
1900 Eng. Dial. Dict. II. 225/2 A told 'im whot a thought on 'im, and 'e went away lookin' very ear-sore.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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