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見苦しい: unsightly, ugly, unseemly, indecent, deplorable, disgraceful, shameful | JLPT N1 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

見苦(みぐる)しい

みぐるしい

unsightly, ugly, unseemly, indecent, deplorable, disgraceful, shameful

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Reading: みぐるしい
Romaji: migurushii
Meaning: unsightly, ugly, unseemly, indecent, deplorable, disgraceful, shameful
Word type: i adjective

FuriganaEnglish

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う

姿(すがた)

は

見苦(みぐる)

しい。

The sight of people shifting blame onto one another in public is disgraceful.

失敗(しっぱい)を部下(ぶか)のせいにする上司(じょうし)の弁解(べんかい)は見苦(みぐる)しい。

The supervisor's excuse, blaming the failure on subordinates, is disgraceful.

公(おおやけ)の場(ば)で感情(かんじょう)をむき出(だ)しにするのは見苦(みぐる)しい。

Displaying one's emotions openly in public is unbecoming.

人(ひと)の失敗(しっぱい)を笑(わら)いものにする態度(たいど)は見苦(みぐる)しい。

The attitude of making fun of other people's failures is disgraceful.