dying a thousand deaths
dying a thousand deaths is the present participle and gerund of die a thousand deaths.
Meaning of die a thousand deaths
Verb
die a thousand deaths (third-person singular simple present dies a thousand deaths, present participle dying a thousand deaths, simple past and past participle died a thousand deaths)
- To die many times over (usually as preferred over some other undesirable action or occurrence).
- Mor[timer] iu[nior]. Crie quittance Madam then, & loue not him. / Qu[een]. No, rather will I die a thousand deaths, / And yet I loue in vaine, heele nere loue me.1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC...
- To suffer repeatedly (often mentally rather than physically); to suffer extreme embarrassment or anxiety.
- [S]ince I knovv no greater Pleaſure than the Love of you, I ſhould too vvillingly run the Riſque of any Diſadvantage that could happen by it. I die a thouſand Deaths every Hour, and ſtill revive, to die them over again: Adieu.1735, Sophia, “A Letter from a Nun in Portugal, to a Gentleman in France”, in Alexander Pope, Mr Pope’s Literary Correspondence, volume III, London: […] E[dmund] Curll, […], →OCLC, page 89
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- What is dying a thousand deaths the present participle and gerund of?
- Dying a thousand deaths is the present participle and gerund of die a thousand deaths.
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