英语词汇“to be wormwood”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

> as lemmas

to be wormwood

b. to be wormwood (or gall and wormwood): to be acutely mortifying or vexing (to a person).

ΘΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > bitterness of heart > cause bitterness of heart to [verb (transitive)]

ulcerate1647

to be wormwood1809

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xii. x. 429 The accounts her ladyship brought from Madrid were wormwood to the duke.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. xv. 304 His presence and his communications were gall and wormwood to his once partial mistress.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. viii. iv. 51 It was wormwood to the proud spirit of Agrippa to be treated as a mere astrologer.

1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ xxv. 339 The sight of other people's good fortune is gall and wormwood to a vast number of people.

extracted from wormwoodn.

as lemmas

单词	to be wormwood
释义	> as lemmas to be wormwood b. to be wormwood (or gall and wormwood): to be acutely mortifying or vexing (to a person). ΘΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > bitterness of heart > cause bitterness of heart to [verb (transitive)] ulcerate1647 to be wormwood1809 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xii. x. 429 The accounts her ladyship brought from Madrid were wormwood to the duke. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. xv. 304 His presence and his communications were gall and wormwood to his once partial mistress. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. viii. iv. 51 It was wormwood to the proud spirit of Agrippa to be treated as a mere astrologer. 1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ xxv. 339 The sight of other people's good fortune is gall and wormwood to a vast number of people. extracted from wormwoodn. < as lemmas
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