醜い
みにくい
Also written 見憎い
Meanings
- い-adjective ugly; unattractive; bad-looking
- unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful; shameful; dishonorable
Kanji
- 醜 ugly. Read as みにくい.
Example sentences
- 顔がきれいでも、心が醜ければ価値はない。
Beauty without goodness is worth nothing. - 間近から見ると、ものごとはその欠点や本来備わる醜さを露わにする傾向がある。
Seen close-up, things have a way of showing their defects, their innate ugliness. - その大きな醜い木がその家の美観を損ねている。
The big ugly tree destroys the beauty of the house. - その絵は醜いとは思わない。それどころか、むしろ美しいと思う。
That picture doesn't seem ugly to me; on the contrary, I think it's rather beautiful. - この町には非常に醜いところがいくつかある。
Some parts of this city are very ugly.
Common phrases
- 醜い争い