单词 | sadding |
释义 | † saddingn. Obsolete. The action or process of making sad or saddening (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > depressing quality > action of making dejected sadding?1490 amating1591 contristation1605 ?1490 tr. Gouernayle of Helthe sig. Avi Exercyse is true kepyng of mannys lyf and pricke of kynde slepynge, and the fylthe of foule colour and teendyng of slothes hete and wastyng of superfluytes, and saddynge of lymmes. 1563–4 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) II. 196 For bering of clay..and sadding and rammaing of it under the daillis. 1604 H. Clapham Demaundes & Answeres touching Pestilence Epil. 30 The gladding of fooes, sadding of friends. 1643 W. Greenhill Ἀξινη προς την Ῥιζαν 35 Those Nations are remisse in Justice: besides the sadding of those are innocent, they abound in Delinquents and dangers. 1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Triumph of Faith xxiv. 277 There is a sadding of the spirit,..which is forbidden. 1700 A. Philips Life John Williams ii. 127 Would you have me..set a Priest at Liberty..to the sadding of our Godly Men, who detest them that creep here out of Seminaries. 1842 W. G. Simms Beauchampe I. xvii. 175 Is that worse than this suspense—this anxiety..this sulking—this sadding..this eternal vinegar face and ditchwater spirit? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † saddingadj. Obsolete. That makes (a person) sad (sad adj. 5a); (also) becoming sad. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing darkOE unmerryOE deathlyc1225 dolefulc1275 elengec1275 dreicha1300 coolc1350 cloudyc1374 sada1375 colda1400 deadlya1400 joylessc1400 unjoyful?c1400 disconsolatea1413 mournfula1425 funeralc1425 uncheerfulc1449 dolent1489 dolesome1533 heavy-hearted1555 glum1558 ungladsome1558 black1562 pleasureless1567 dern1570 plaintive?1570 glummish1573 cheerless1575 comfortless1576 wintry1579 glummy1580 funebral1581 discouraging1584 dernful?1591 murk1596 recomfortless1596 sullen1597 amating1600 lugubrious1601 dusky1602 sable1603 funebrial1604 damping1607 mortifying1611 tearful?1611 uncouth1611 dulsome1613 luctual1613 dismal1617 winterous1617 unked1620 mopish1621 godforsaken?1623 uncheerly1627 funebrious1630 lugubrous1632 drearisome1633 unheartsome1637 feral1641 drear1645 darksome1649 sadding1649 saddening1650 disheartening1654 funebrous1654 luctiferous1656 mestifical1656 tristifical1656 sooty1657 dreary1667 tenebrose1677 clouded1682 tragicala1700 funereal1707 gloomy1710 sepulchrala1711 dumpishc1717 bleaka1719 depressive1727 lugubre1727 muzzy1728 dispiriting1733 uncheery1760 unconsolatory1760 unjolly1764 Decemberly1765 sombre1768 uncouthie1768 depressing1772 unmirthful1782 sombrous1789 disanimating1791 Decemberish1793 grey1794 uncheering1796 ungenial1796 uncomforting1798 disencouraginga1806 stern1812 chilling1815 uncheered1817 dejecting1818 mopey1821 desponding1828 wisht1829 leadening1835 unsportful1837 demoralizing1840 Novemberish1840 frigid1844 morne1844 tragic1848 wet-blanketty1848 morgue1850 ungladdeneda1851 adusk1856 smileless1858 soul-sick1858 Novemberya1864 saturnine1863 down1873 lacklustre1883 Heaven-abandoneda1907 downbeat1952 doomy1967 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > becoming sinkinga1618 saddinga1839 1649 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (new ed.) iv. vi. §vii. 695 Are these such sadding, and madding thoughts? a1839 J. Galt Demon of Destiny (1840) v. 34 Alas! my son, the sadding matron cried. 1895 H. James Jrnl. 8 Sept. in Compl. Notebks. (1987) I. 130 An attempt [to write a story]..has ended..leaving on my hands a production that..I must try to make terms for.., terms bad, terms sadding, at the best. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.?1490adj.1649 |
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