单词 | nerve-lacerating |
释义 | > as lemmasnerve-lacerating nerve-lacerating adj. ΚΠ 1774 Crit. Rev. June 465 He is drove by the iron heart devoid of feeling, and goaded by the nerve-lacerating lash of cruelty. 1843 J. Abbott Narr. Journ. Heraut to Khiva, Moscow & St. Petersburgh II. xxxvi. 108 Dancing..has degenerated into a mere exposition of the chaos, produced by the awkward and unmeaning ambles of heavy-heeled bipeds, convulsed by nerve-lacerating sounds. 1911 W. Owen Let. 17 Sept. (1967) 83 The nerve-lacerating speech of the pompous vigilator. 2017 C. Parry Other Animals 21st Cent. Fiction iii. 102 The exquisitely bone-sawing, nerve-lacerating violins of Hiroshima may be apprehended in the body rather than just heard in the ears and interpreted in the mind. < as lemmas |
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