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Illustration of 憎らしい

憎にくらしい

にくらしい nikurashii Play N2 I-adjective

Meanings and examples

憎らしく、腹立たしく感じられるさま。 odious; hateful

Example 1

彼かれはにくらしげに彼女かのじょをにらんだ。

He stared at her with hatred.

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Example 2

彼の憎らしい言い方に、皆が腹を立てた。

Everyone was annoyed by his hateful way of speaking.

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Kanji breakdown

憎

N2

hate; detest

On reading
ゾウ
Kun reading
にく.む、にく.い、にく.らしい、にく.しみ
Radical
心
Illustration of 憎い

憎い

N2

にくい

hateful; abominable; poor-looking; detestable

Illustration of 憎む

憎む

N2

にくむ

to hate; to detest

Illustration of 愛憎

愛憎

N1

あいぞう

love and hate; likes and dislikes

Illustration of 憎しみ

憎しみ

N1

にくしみ

hatred