单词 | moanful |
释义 | moanfuladj. 1. Of an utterance, action, etc.: full of moaning or lamentation; expressive of grief. Of a melody, song, etc.: plaintive, mournful, sad. Of a person, etc.: mournful. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > moaning or groaning > [adjective] moaninga1450 moanful1567 groaning1597 gement1656 honing1802 moany1867 moansome1873 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xi. f. 71v Elisa,..hearing those monefull plaints vttred after such terrible manner, opened the chamber doore, and saw that myserable sight. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. sig. H1v Nowe ceasse we to weery the hearers With monefull melodies, for enough our greefes be reuealed. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Mm3 But in such monefull march they went towards the other Shepheards. 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. i. iv. 11 He sawe a moneful sort of people. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 483 Do not (saith S. James) grudge, (or make moanfull complaint) against one another. 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week iii. 26 Sparabella..Did this sad Plaint in moanful Notes devise. 1778 R. Polwhele Spirit of Frazer 13 Hark! Horror spreads the pale alarms! And bursts from many a moanful swell! 1837 T. Carlyle Diamond Necklace xv, in Fraser's Mag. Feb. 189/1 He..sobbing out the moanfullest broken howl, sank down in swoon. 1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 95 I sang upon the linden like a moanful nightingale. 1891 Cent. Mag. June 319/1 De sad, moanful way missus bowed her head to pray. 1989 T. Bodett End of Road i. iii. 41 Once again, right on cue, a long moanful yowl came from the front porch. 1999 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 4 Nov. 9 d Usually, missing the playoffs by a fraction of a point is accompanied by a large, moanful groan. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamentable ruefulc1225 pietousa1393 weepablec1449 pitifulc1450 lamentablec1460 pitiablec1475 implorable1535 moanworthy1540 wailfula1547 wailsome1566 tristsum1567 moanful1573 souspirable1594 bemoanable1611 bewailable1611 deplorable1612 criminal1792 1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos xii. Nn iij And houses to deface, and monefull mariages to make. a1660 H. Hammond Wks. (1684) IV. 580 Look upon all the sad moneful objects in the world. 1663 E. Hickeringill Apol. Distressed Innocence in Wks. (1709) I. 314 'Tis a sad Conscience that can joy at the thoughts of this days moanful Remembrance. 1798 W. Sotheby tr. C. M. Wieland Oberon ii. 425 The moanful dream out-dreamt, the trial o'er. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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