gripefulとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

gripeful (comparative more gripeful, superlative most gripeful)

1. Disposed to gripe; gripey.
   • 1885, Scott R. Sherwood, The Lays of a Bohemian: Being Some of the Metrical Conceits, page 151:

     Our imp, with gripeful longing, sought The nearest beer-saloon, A dozen brimming schooners bought And stowed in his "galleon;"

   • 1895, Gustave Louis Maurice Strauss, Reminiscences of an Old Bohemian, page 118:

     It has been my good or my bad fortune, take it as you will, to watch the fabrication of "fiz," in certain parts of the Palatinate, and I have been specially privileged to see the most gripeful of all gripy wines that I have ever attempted to drink, the famous Silesian Grüneberger, turned indifferently into Duc de Montebello or Heidsick Monopole, or anyone's Carte Blanche or Carte Noire.

   • 1959, The Walther League Messenger - Volume 68, page 28:

     His attitude changed. He was less gripeful and more grateful.

   • 2018, Ben Raiche, People Like Us:

     I don't know if any microbes and other germs have the ability to bite or sting, they are certainly included in this "gripeful” critique.

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