気持ち悪い|きもちわるいkimochiwarui

Common
Definitions
  1. i-adjectiveunpleasant; revolting; repulsive; gross; disgusting; disturbing; creepy
    なんかそれ、ブヨブヨしていて気持きもち悪わるいね。↗
    Oooh, gross! What is that stuff? It's all spongy.
  2. i-adjectivefeeling sick; feeling unwell
  3. i-adjectiveuncomfortable; annoying; frustrating
Conjugation
Plain form気持ち悪い(きもちわるい)
Polite (desu)気持ち悪いです(きもちわるいです)
Negative (kunai)気持ち悪くない(きもちわるくない)
polite (ku arimasen)気持ち悪くありません(きもちわるくありません)
Past (katta)気持ち悪かった(きもちわるかった)
Past negative (kunakatta)気持ち悪くなかった(きもちわるくなかった)
Te form (kute)気持ち悪くて(きもちわるくて)
Adverbial (ku)気持ち悪く(きもちわるく)
Conditional (kereba)気持ち悪ければ(きもちわるければ)
kattara気持ち悪かったら(きもちわるかったら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym不快ふかいWrittenWritten/formal prose; covers unpleasantness and feeling unwell, as in 「不快感」. On its own it does not specifically suggest nausea.
  • Related不快感を与えるふかいかんをあたえるNeutralTo make others uncomfortable; fairly formal and explanatory, used of someone's speech or behavior or in rules banning such things.
  • Related心地よくないNeutralMeans uncomfortable; a euphemistic phrase rather than a set expression, and milder in tone than 「気持ち悪い」.
  • Antonym快適かいてきNeutralMeans comfortable and pleasant; the opposite of the unpleasant 「気持ち悪い」, as in 「快適な部屋」.
  • Antonym気持いいNeutralMeans feeling good; the direct opposite of 「気持ち悪い」. The standard spelling is 「気持ちいい」.

Use 「気持ち悪い」 for feeling sick or for things that are gross or creepy; casual speech shortens it to 「キモい」. In written or formal prose, use 「不快」 for unpleasantness. 「心地よくない」 is a milder euphemism, while 「気持いい」 and 「快適」 are the comfortable opposites.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 体調たいちょうが悪わるい。吐き気はきけがする感かんじである。
  2. 視覚的しかくてき、感覚かんかく的てきに悪わるいまたは変へんな感かんじがする。
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