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どぎつい (dogitsui) Japanese meaning: gaudy | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation どぎつい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary どぎつい どぎつくない Polite どぎついです どぎつくないです also どぎつくありません Past polite どぎつかったです どぎつくなかったです also どぎつくありませんでした Past どぎつかった どぎつくなかった Te-form どぎつくて どぎつくなくて Adverbial どぎつく Conditional どぎつければ どぎつくなければ Tara conditional どぎつかったら どぎつくなかったら
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That tie is too gaudy; the colors are a bit too flashy.
The background music in the store was so loud and harsh that I couldn't talk comfortably.
Related words 派は 手で 派手 is a more standard and neutral term for 'flashy' or 'showy', while どぎつい is colloquial and carries a stronger negative nuance of being excessively loud or harsh.
けばけばしい けばけばしい also means 'gaudy' or 'garish', but is more formal and often used in written descriptions. どぎつい is more conversational and can apply to sounds as well as visuals.
Written forms どぎつい Usage 100%
Standard hiragana spelling for this colloquial adjective.
ドギツイ
Katakana variant used for emphasis or in informal writing.
Etymology A colloquial formation from the emphatic prefix ど and きつい, “intense, harsh,” with voicing of the following consonant.
