忌まわしい

いまわしい

Meanings

1. い-adjective abhorrent; abominable; detestable; disgusting; horrid; repugnant
2. ominous; inauspicious; unlucky

Kanji

• 忌 taboo. Read as いまわしい.

Example sentences

• 去れ、忌まわしき憂鬱よ。
  Hence, loathed melancholy.
• 考えるだけでも忌まわしい。
  The very thought is abhorrent to me.

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