adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Josephine wrestled long and terribly with nature in that old oak-tree.
AnguishnounUS /ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/
extreme mental distress
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But who can so struggle forever?
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading But who can so struggle forever?
closeadjectiveUS /kloʊs/
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading More than once she had to close her mouth with her hand: more than once she seized her throat not to cry out.
comingnounUS /ˈkʌmɪŋ/
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
cryverbUS /kraɪ/
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading More than once she had to close her mouth with her hand: more than once she seized her throat not to cry out.
darkeradjectiveUS /ˈdɑːrkər/
comparative of “dark” — devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
despairnounUS /dɪˈsper/
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
fierceadjectiveUS /fɪrs/
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading And then the fierce struggle of the soul to make itself heard!
fitfuladjectiveUS /ˈfɪtfəl/
occurring in spells and often abruptly
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
foreveradverbUS /fərˈevər/
for a limitless time
From this reading But who can so struggle forever?
fro
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From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
gleamsnounUS /ɡliːmz/
plural of “gleam” — an appearance of reflected light
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
goingnounUS /ˈɡoʊɪŋ/
the act of departing
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading More than once she had to close her mouth with her hand: more than once she seized her throat not to cry out.
handnounUS /hænd/
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading More than once she had to close her mouth with her hand: more than once she seized her throat not to cry out.
heardadjectiveUS /hɜːrd/
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading And then the fierce struggle of the soul to make itself heard!
heartnounUS /hɑːrt/
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
horrornounUS /ˈhɔːrər/
intense and profound fear
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
humanadjectiveUS /ˈhjuːmən/
characteristic of humanity
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Josephine wrestled long and terribly with nature in that old oak-tree.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading And then the fierce struggle of the soul to make itself heard!
Josephine
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From this reading Josephine wrestled long and terribly with nature in that old oak-tree.
joynounUS /dʒɔɪ/
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
leavingnounUS /ˈliːvɪŋ/
the act of departing
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
lightningnounUS /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
longadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Josephine wrestled long and terribly with nature in that old oak-tree.
lovenounUS /lʌv/
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
madadjectiveUS /mæd/
roused to anger
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
makeverbUS /meɪk/
engage in
From this reading And then the fierce struggle of the soul to make itself heard!
MoreadjectiveUS /mɔːr/
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading More than once she had to close her mouth with her hand: more than once she seized her throat not to cry out.
mouthnounUS /maʊθ/
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading More than once she had to close her mouth with her hand: more than once she seized her throat not to cry out.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
of an obscure nature
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
naturenounUS /ˈneɪtʃər/
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading Josephine wrestled long and terribly with nature in that old oak-tree.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading More than once she had to close her mouth with her hand: more than once she seized her throat not to cry out.
OnounUS /oʊ/
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
oak-tree
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Josephine wrestled long and terribly with nature in that old oak-tree.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
oldadjectiveUS /oʊld/
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Josephine wrestled long and terribly with nature in that old oak-tree.
onceadverbUS /wʌns/
on one occasion
From this reading More than once she had to close her mouth with her hand: more than once she seized her throat not to cry out.
outadjectiveUS /aʊt/
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading More than once she had to close her mouth with her hand: more than once she seized her throat not to cry out.
quickadjectiveUS /kwɪk/
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
quicklyadverbUS /ˈkwɪkli/
with speed
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
remorsenounUS /rɪˈmɔːrs/
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
seizedverbUS /siːzd/
past form of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading More than once she had to close her mouth with her hand: more than once she seized her throat not to cry out.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading More than once she had to close her mouth with her hand: more than once she seized her throat not to cry out.
shotnounUS /ʃɑːt/
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But who can so struggle forever?
soulnounUS /soʊl/
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading And then the fierce struggle of the soul to make itself heard!
struggleverbUS /ˈstrʌɡəl/
make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading But who can so struggle forever?
terriblyadverbUS /ˈterəbli/
used as intensifiers
From this reading Josephine wrestled long and terribly with nature in that old oak-tree.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading More than once she had to close her mouth with her hand: more than once she seized her throat not to cry out.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Josephine wrestled long and terribly with nature in that old oak-tree.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
thenadverbUS /ðen/
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And then the fierce struggle of the soul to make itself heard!
throatnounUS /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading More than once she had to close her mouth with her hand: more than once she seized her throat not to cry out.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading But who can so struggle forever?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Josephine wrestled long and terribly with nature in that old oak-tree.
wrenchedverbUS /rentʃt/
past form of “wrench” — twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
From this reading Anguish, remorse, horror, despair, and love wrenched her to and fro; and O mysterious human heart! gleams of a mad fitful joy shot through her, coming quick as lightning, going as quickly, and leaving the despair darker.
wrestledverbUS /ˈresəld/
past form of “wrestle” — combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
From this reading Josephine wrestled long and terribly with nature in that old oak-tree.
