JLPT N1 · い-adjective

見苦しい (migurushii)

見苦しい (みぐるしい, migurushii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “unsightly; ugly”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: みぐるしい
Romaji: migurushii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable · い-adjective

Example sentences

ここだけの話だけれど、あの太った見苦しい魔女は減量中なのだ。

Between ourselves, the fat ugly witch is on a diet.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 見苦しい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	見苦しい	みぐるしい migurushii
Negative	見苦しくない	みぐるしくない migurushikunai
Past	見苦しかった	みぐるしかった migurushikatta
Negative past	見苦しくなかった	みぐるしくなかった migurushikunakatta
Te-form	見苦しくて	みぐるしくて migurushikute
Adverb (~ku)	見苦しく	みぐるしく migurushiku
Conditional (~ba)	見苦しければ	みぐるしければ migurushikereba

Kanji in 見苦しい

見

see, hopes, chancesケン・み.る・み.える · 7 strokes

苦

suffering, trial, worryク・くる.しい・-ぐる.しい · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 見苦しい.

見るみるto see見せるみせるto show意見いけんopinion拝見はいけんseeing花見はなみcherry blossom viewing見物けんぶつsightseeing見えるみえるto be seen見つけるみつけるto find見つかるみつかるto be foundお見舞いおみまいvisit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune)見解けんかいopinion見当けんとうestimate見事みごとsplendid発見はっけんdiscovery

Source: JMdict entry 1259500 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.