单词 | unforgiving |
释义 | unforgivingadj. (un- prefix1 4.) ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [adjective] > unforgiving impardonablea1625 unpardoning1644 unforgiving1713 forgiveless1861 1713 N. Rowe Jane Shore iv Accursed Jealousy! O merciless, wild and unforgiving Fiend! 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 247 Chatham..Secur'd it by an unforgiving frown. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 293 I have brought the vengeance of an unforgiving devil upon this helpless creature. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. 165 We are an unforgiving race. Derivatives unforˈgivingness n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [noun] > lack of forgiveness unforgiveness1611 irremissiona1631 unforgivingness1748 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xlvii. 184 That cruelty and unforgivingness, which..have no example. 1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. II. xi. 55 An extraordinary mixture of..good nature with unforgivingness. 1887 M. Burt Browning's Women 52 Unforgivingness beyond a certain limit is a base crime. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1713 |
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