单词 | unatmospheric |
释义 | unatmosphericadj. That conveys no suggestion of tone or mood; that fails to evoke associations. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid colourlessc1425 unsavouryc1449 wearish?1533 wersha1599 tasteless1603 tame1604 juiceless1620 water gruela1627 dry1632 soulless1632 frigid1643 vapid1656 insipida1684 fade1715 heartless1780 vapid1785 achromatic1799 sauceless1817 albuminous1858 antiseptic1891 flat-footed1899 unatmospheric1913 defanged1920 anodyne1933 spiceless1942 tea-party1961 nothingburger1965 1913 E. F. Benson Thorley Weir iii. 68 Arthur..found this peremptory young savage slightly alarming. For himself he demanded that social intercourse should be conducted in a serene atmosphere of politeness, of manners... He thought he had seldom seen anybody so unatmospheric. 1938 Scrutiny 7 179 His [sc. Roussel's] instrumentation is unatmospheric. 1963 Listener 28 Feb. 393/2 A couple of very stagy and unatmospheric outdoor sets. Derivatives unatmoˈspherically adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in bland or insipid manner colourlessly1572 tamely1600 flatly1644 frigidly1647 insipidly1699 vapidly1847 monochromatically1890 unatmospherically1913 anonymously1939 1913 E. F. Benson Thorley Weir iii. 69 Frank looked at him quite unatmospherically. 1976 Gramophone Oct. 584/2 The ‘Royal Hunt and Storm’ begins unatmospherically, with the strings at once forceful and casual, carrying none of the sense of light slowly dawning on a classical landscape. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1913 |
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