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单词 unsatisfying
释义

unsatisfyingadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈsatᵻsfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈsædəsˌfaɪɪŋ/
(un- prefix1 4.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adjective]
disappointing1530
unsatisfactory1637
unsatisfying1656
uncontenting1698
bilking1732
anticlimactic1898
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > improbability, unlikeliness > [adjective] > unconvincing
unplausible1637
unsatisfactory1637
unpersuasive1651
unsatisfying1656
unconvincing1659
implausiblea1677
dowf1786
1656 H. Jeanes Treat. Fulnesse of Christ 234 in Mixture Scholasticall Divinity Not resting therefore in this unsatisfying answere, we will in the next place shew [etc.].
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xiv. sig. Ff7v Parting with unsatisfying Trifles.
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 153 In this also..enthusiastic confidence, or unsatisfying doubts terminate all our inquiries.
1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iv. 57 Days of unsatisfying listlessness.
1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens I. 469 With this unsatisfying reply the messenger returned.
1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xxviii. 351 The political results of the war were to many minds equally unsatisfying.

Derivatives

unˈsatisfyingness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [noun] > unsatisfiedness > unsatisfying quality
insaturity1631
unsatisfyingness1650
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xxv. 29) 200 The curse of unsatisfyingness, that lies upon them [sc. carnal pleasures].
1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World 363 Its vagueness to the mere intellect,..its satisfying unsatisfyingness, its vast atmosphere.
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