transitive. figurative. To cause mental pain or discomfort to; to sting (esp. the conscience) with sorrow or remorse; to grieve, pain, torment.
| 单词 | θ178913 |
| 释义 | society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > repent (sin, wrongdoing, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > affect with remorse > prick, smite, etc., with remorse (6) prickOE transitive. figurative. To cause mental pain or discomfort to; to sting (esp. the conscience) with sorrow or remorse; to grieve, pain, torment. smitea1382 transitive. Of the heart, conscience, or spirit: to cause (a person) to have painful feelings such as guilt or remorse; to distress; to disquiet. Now… tanga1400 figurative. To pierce with grief or compunction. grudgec1460 transitive. To trouble or vex mentally: said either of something which grieves the conscience or of the conscience distressing a person. Also imper… to hit home1627 figurative. To affect the conscience, feelings, comfort, prosperity, etc. of (any one) in a way analogous to physical hitting; to affect… twinge1647 †To cause to smart or tingle; to irritate (obsolete); to affect (the body or mind) with a twinge or sharp pain; to prick (the conscience). |
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