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唾棄すべき (だきすべき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

唾だ棄きすべき

Meanings

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pre-noun adjectival

detestable; despicable; abhorrent

Strongly negative pre-noun adjectival; used to describe something or someone that deserves contempt or disgust. Relatively formal and emphatic.

彼かれの行こう為いは唾だ棄きすべきものだ。
His actions are detestable.
唾だ棄きすべき犯はん罪ざいが増ふえている。
Despicable crimes are on the rise.

Kanji

唾saliva, sputum
棄abandon, throw away, discard

Similar words

憎にくむべき
憎むべき (hateful) is more common and less formal; 唾棄すべき is stronger and more literary, implying something so contemptible one would spit on it.
許ゆるし難がたい
許し難い (unforgivable) focuses on moral unacceptability, while 唾棄すべき emphasizes visceral contempt.

Etymology

From 唾棄 (daki, 'spitting out in contempt') + すべき (subeki, 'should do'), literally 'should be spat out'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the expression is a fixed literary compound.