单词 | unloving |
释义 | unlovingn. rare. The action or an act of not loving; failure to love. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > want of love unlovinga1533 unlovingness1598 lovelessness1852 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Nn.viijv The vnlouyng of women, and the vnkyndnesse of men, which are vices committed of malyce. 1890 A. G. Mears Idylls, Legends & Lyrics 51 The task of this unloving can't compare For easy methods to the loving. 2003 Amer. Poetry Rev. Nov. 6/2 I am recalling nothing of the unloving of ourselves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). unlovingadj. Not loving or affectionate; not demonstrating or characterized by love. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [adjective] > without love (towards another) lovelessc1330 unlovingc1450 charityless1847 the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [adjective] > devoid of affection unkindlya1400 unlovingc1450 unaffective1689 unadoring1751 unenamoured1791 disaffectionate1796 unaffectionate1815 uncherishing1876 c1450 (c1400) Julian of Norwich Revelations Divine Love: Shorter Version (1978) 69 (MED) In the tyme that man is in synne, he is so vnmyghttye, so vnwyse, & so vnluffande that he can nought love god ne hymselfe. 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xxxiiiv In holye scrypture that father is not accompted for vnlouyng and cruell, that beteth hys chyld. 1597 R. Parry Sinetes Passions sig. G7 I Loue, inforst by loues vnlouing charmes, My loue is pure. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 4 To lead a wearisom life of unloving & unquiet conversation with one who neither affects nor is affected. 1682 S. Shaw True Christians Test 390 If we could suppose an unloving Soul to be admitted into Heaven,..this very Paradice would be a Purgatory to him. a1718 T. Parnell Poems Several Occasions (1721) 17 Here Hesiod lies:..Unlov'd, unloving, 'twas his Fate to bleed. 1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances III. 38 The cool, unloving, stoic Tenets, that..are sure to risk nothing for their Friends. 1837 J. W. Kaye Doveton I. viii. 75 I thought of..my unloving mother, and of my vain-glorious sisters. 1868 C. M. Yonge Cameos 1st Ser. xv. 116 It was an unloving marriage; but he was much respected and beloved. 1909 R. M. Jones Stud. Mystical Relig. xiii. 279 The person at this stage is self-centred, unloving, harsh in judgment. 2014 Sunday Express (Nexis) 27 Apr. 3 While some parents praise her regimented routines, others say they are too unloving. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1533adj.c1450 |
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