单词 | repining |
释义 | repiningn. Now literary and somewhat archaic. The action of repine v.; discontent, complaint; discontented longing; an act or instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > action of complaining yomeringc1000 grutching?c1225 plainingc1300 complaintc1384 murmurc1385 murmurationc1390 groiningc1405 grudgingc1420 musinga1425 querimonyc1450 storming1461 mutteringc1475 grudge1477 grunching1487 murmuringc1530 muting1542 repining1550 orpingc1598 maundering1611 oggannition1625 jowering1628 remonstrating1647 regrudginga1677 complaining1702 pesting1705 yammering1705 growling1752 pine1804 gruntling1834 bitching1939 griping1945 pissing1947 bitch1975 kitchen-sinking1975 1550 T. Lever Fruitfull Serm. in Shroudes sig. C.iii It is not therefore repynyng, rebellyng, or resistyng gods ordinance, that wyll amende euyll rulers. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. x. v. 205 A certaine shamefull winching & repining. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 266 After some repining he was satisfied therewith. 1663 S. Pepys Diary 15 May (1971) IV. 135 Which the world takes notice of even to some repinings. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 387. ¶2 Repinings, and secret Murmurs of Heart. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. viii. viii. 310 Perverse repining of ungrateful plenitude! 1833 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 2 362/3 Not less naturally is described the repining of an ardent mind for the want of opportunities. 1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. i. 6 Workmen.., who gave him at times no little trouble by their repinings and complaints. 1935 J. O'Neill Land under Eng. xviii. 248 I never wasted any time now in regrets or repinings. 1947 L. Bogan in New Yorker 13 Sept. 118/2 We would not wish, certainly, for a return to the sentimental repining of early and middle Romanticism. 2003 M. Atwood Oryx & Crake (2004) vii. 173 He behaved foolishly the night before: he guzzled, he yelled, he gibbered, he indulged in pointless repinings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). repiningadj. Now literary and somewhat archaic. Given to repining, discontented; characterized by or of the nature of repining. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [adjective] unsaught?a1300 unsetea1350 unrestfulc1384 unsatisfiedc1430 discontentc1475 ill content1477 miscontent?1499 uncontentc1503 orpita1525 discontented1531 miscontenteda1533 evil contented1548 repining1565 uncontented1568 unpacified1570 discontentive1578 malcontent1578 ill-contented1582 malcontented1582 unmollified1587 unappeased1594 discontentful1604 discontenting1605 contentlessa1616 ungratifieda1625 insatisfied1643 unsatisfieda1648 unsoothed1648 repineful1655 dissatisfied1675 satisfactionless1841 sore-headed1844 disgruntled1847 sore-head1862 choked1950 dischuffed1975 1565 T. Stapleton Disc. Doctr. Protestants in tr. F. Staphylus Apol. f. 252 Let them satisfie the ciuill and disordrely or repining Lutherans. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) ii. sig. V3v One of the repiningest fellows in the world. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 432 There was neuer a more repining people. 1675 R. Allestree Art Contentm. i. 13 The torture which every repining uncontented spirit provides for its self. 1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane i. i. 275 Let Bajazet Bend to his Yoak repining Slaves by force. 1782 W. Cowper tr. V. Bourne Cricket in W. Cowper Poems 341 Wretched man, whose years are spent In repining discontent. 1841 C. I. Johnstone Violet Hamilton in Edinb. Tales (1846) II. 364/1 Driven daft and donnert by a handless, doingless, discontentit, repining companion. 1877 W. C. Bryant Voice Autumn i There comes, from yonder height, A soft repining sound. 1951 Musical Times 92 58/1 The symphony is not a repining work. 1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 18 Apr. 55/2 The view of her as weak and repining is suspect, possibly the consequence of a desire to reduce her to the Victorian stereotype of the ‘delicate’ lady. Derivatives reˈpiningly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adverb] plainandly?c1450 repiningly1571 gruntingly1611 complainingly1626 querimoniously1649 groininglya1656 growlingly1803 grumblingly1836 murmuringly1866 grouchily1906 bitchingly1970 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xviii. 2) They that..afterward repyningly restreyne his power. a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 806 They repiningly quarrelled with him in their wants in the Wilderness. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia II. iv. x. 252 She began..repiningly to relate her misfortunes. 1856 Titan Mag. Nov. 443/2 Dwelling repiningly on what I have not. 1935 'S. Garry' tr. M. Solokhov Virgin Soil Upturned xv. 163 Like the leaves on the poplars Timofei's caressing words murmured repiningly in Lukeria's mind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1550adj.1565 |
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