undelightとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

undelight (countable and uncountable, plural undelights)

1. (uncountable) The condition or feeling of lacking delight; unhappiness or displeasure.

   Synonyms: discontent, dissatisfaction, misery, sorrow; see also Thesaurus:sadness

   • 1907, Virgil, The Æneid (trans. E. Fairfax Taylor), J. M. Dent & Sons (1910):

     Loud rise the sounds of sorrow, day and night,

     Where friends, clasped close in lingering undelight,

     Weep at the thought of parting. Matrons, ay,

2. (countable) Something unpleasant or displeasing.

   Synonyms: hardship, sorrow; see also Thesaurus:woe

   • 1931, Esther Frayne Hayes, At Home in China, W. Neale, published 1931, page 82:

     Along with the jollity of the trip from Tsing Hua into Peking are many undelights.

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アナグラム

• indulgeth, unlighted