否いやむ

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否む · godan verb (-mu)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	否いやむ	否いやまない
Polite	否いやみます	否いやみません
Past polite	否いやみました	否いやみませんでした
Past	否いやんだ	否いやまなかった
Te-form	否いやんで	否いやまないで
Desire	否いやみたい	否いやみたくない
Potential	否いやめる	否いやめない
Passive	否いやまれる	否いやまれない
Causative	否いやませる	否いやませない
Causative passive	否いやませられるalso 否いやまされる	否いやませられないalso 否いやまされない
Volitional	否いやもう
Polite volitional	否いやみましょう
Imperative	否いやめ	否いやむな
Conditional	否いやめば	否いやまなければ
Tara conditional	否いやんだら	否いやまなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

detest; dislike; loathe

Expresses strong aversion or disgust toward someone or something. Often used in literary or emphatic contexts; in everyday speech, 嫌う (きらう) is more common.

彼かれは不ふ正せいを心こころからいやむ。
He detests injustice from the bottom of his heart.
そのような行こう為いは世せ間けんからいやまれるだろう。
Such behavior will be loathed by society.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を否いやむto detest/loathe someone
彼かれは裏うら切ぎり者ものを心こころから否いやんだ。
He detested the traitor from the bottom of his heart.

Kanji

否negate, no, noes

Related words

嫌きらうN3
嫌う is the common, neutral word for disliking or hating someone/something, while 否む is a literary, more intense term closer to 'detest' or 'loathe'.
憎にくむN3
憎む conveys hatred or resentment, often toward a person for a wrong done, whereas 否む expresses a deep aversion or distaste without necessarily implying resentment.
嫌けん悪おN1
嫌悪する is a formal, written word meaning 'to feel disgust/abhorrence', very close in register and intensity to 否む.
嫌いやがるN3
嫌がる describes the outward show of reluctance or aversion, while 否む describes the inner feeling of strong dislike itself.

Opposites

好このむN3
好む means 'to like/prefer', the direct opposite of 否む's sense of strong dislike or detestation.

Etymology

Derived from the adjective 嫌 (いや, 'unpleasant, disagreeable') + verbal suffix む. The kanji 否 is used for its meaning of 'negation' or 'denial', but the word is predominantly written in kana.