忌々いまいましい

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

i-adjective

annoying; infuriating; irritating

Expresses strong irritation or frustration, often toward a situation or someone's behavior. Stronger than うるさい or 迷惑.

彼かれの無む責せき任にんな態たい度どが忌々いまいましい。
His irresponsible attitude is infuriating.
雨あめ

の

せい

で

予よ

定てい

が

全ぜん

部ぶ

狂くる

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て

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本ほん

当とう

に

忌々いまいま

しい

。

The rain messed up all my plans; it's really aggravating.

Written forms

忌々いまいましいUsage20%
Standard kanji spelling using the repetition mark 々.
いまいましいUsage75%
忌いま忌いましいUsage5%
Alternate spelling with ま inserted, less common but still used.

Kanji

忌mourning, abhor, detestable

Similar words

うるさい
うるさい means noisy or bothersome, often about sound or persistent annoyance. 忌々しい is stronger and conveys personal anger or vexation.
迷めい惑わく
迷惑 is a noun/na-adjective for trouble or inconvenience caused by others. 忌々しい is an i-adjective expressing one's own irritated feeling.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 忌む (imu, to avoid or detest) reduplicated for emphasis, plus the adjectival ending しい. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the reduplication intensifies the sense of aversion.