单词 | angering |
释义 | angeringn. The action of making a person angry; the process of becoming angry. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [noun] > causing anger wrethinga1300 wrathingc1370 tarring1382 angeringa1393 provoking?a1425 provocationc1485 bear-baiting1587 passionating1598 exasperationa1631 exangeration1631 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 2665 Thou hast feigned This tale in angringe of the king. 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne i. 45 Angring eneigres and it makes new wood,That thirst of bloud now more then aye appeare. 1614 T. Wilson Comm. Epist. S. Paul to Romanes x. 836 Bestowing benefits to the Gentiles, to the angring of the Iewes. 1692 E. Fowler Vindic. Undertaking Certain Gentlemen Pref. sig. Aii The Angering of the Vicious Part of the Kingdom. 1776 D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. 87 She began to consider, The angering of her father dear, The displeasing o' her mither. 1836 C. F. Beauclerk in C. F. Beauclerk & H. M. Beauclerk Tales of Fashion & Reality 68 How heartily do I wish that every one had a competency of four thousand a-year, then there would be no angering of fathers and mothers. 1889 World (N.Y.) 7 Nov. 4/2 Allying himself with the deeply dishonored adventurer Mahone to the angering of all the decent Republicans in Virginia. 1963 G. Bownas Japanese Rainmaking vi. 126 Rainmaking techniques often call for the angering of the spirits—especially those whose domain is water. 1998 W. Glasser Choice Theory in Classroom (rev. ed.) v. 49 Angering..often makes the situation worse, as when a child in a tantrum breaks a beloved doll. 2011 Appeal-Democrat (Marysville–Yuba City, Calif.) 25 Dec. c5/4 The Atlantic's Conor Friedersdorff recently detailed this liberal president's angering of civil libertarians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). angeringadj. That angers someone or something (in various senses of the verb); esp. infuriating, annoying, vexing. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective] > causing anger angering1596 provocativea1600 incensive1633 provokinga1643 provocating1651 aggravating1685 inflammatorya1711 provocatory1870 hackle-raising1935 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxviii. 288 The Amorous with the sea-Crabs gaet doe angring Amours flie. 1644 G. Hughes Dry Rod Blooming ii. x. 63 The Rod..is of a smarting, vexing, angring quality, when it meets with flesh. 1656 R. Baxter Gildas Salvianus: 1st Pt. viii. 467 Do it not by short unsatisfactory applications, and loathed snatches, or angring reproaches. 1850 R. E. Dudgeon Pathogenetic Cycl. I. i. 62 A number of generally disagreeable, angering, vexatious ideas..occur to her. 1905 R. F. Scott Voy. ‘Discovery’ I. vii. 277 As all these operations had to be done with bare fingers, a more angering cold-weather instrument can hardly be imagined. 1976 D. Dinnerstein Mermaid & Minotaur (1995) viii. 169 Saying in a certain flat tone of voice, ‘O.K. Right. You win,’ is such a hostile, angering tactic in a quarrel. 2016 in R. Quest Vanishing of Flight MH370 xii. 238 The fact that somebody's intentionally hiding the ability to reconcile that for me is very, very angering. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1393adj.1596 |
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