暑あつ苦くるしい

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暑苦しい · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	暑あつ苦くるしい	暑あつ苦くるしくない
Polite	暑あつ苦くるしいです	暑あつ苦くるしくないですalso 暑あつ苦くるしくありません
Past polite	暑あつ苦くるしかったです	暑あつ苦くるしくなかったですalso 暑あつ苦くるしくありませんでした
Past	暑あつ苦くるしかった	暑あつ苦くるしくなかった
Te-form	暑あつ苦くるしくて	暑あつ苦くるしくなくて
Adverbial	暑あつ苦くるしく
Conditional	暑あつ苦くるしければ	暑あつ苦くるしくなければ
Tara conditional	暑あつ苦くるしかったら	暑あつ苦くるしくなかったら

Meanings

i-adjective

sultry; sweltering; oppressively hot

Describes weather or a room that feels uncomfortably hot and humid, often with a sense of stuffiness.

今日きょうは本ほん当とうに暑あつ苦くるしい日ひだ。
Today is a really sultry day.
窓まどを閉しめていると部屋へやが暑あつ苦くるしくなる。
The room gets stuffy when the windows are closed.

i-adjective

uncomfortably hot-looking; stuffy-looking

Used for clothing, accessories, or appearances that look too warm or stifling for the weather.

真ま夏なつにそのセーターは暑あつ苦くるしい。
That sweater looks uncomfortably hot in midsummer.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉が暑あつ苦くるしいa place is stiflingly hot
窓まどを閉しめていたので部屋へやが暑あつ苦くるしくなった。
Since the windows were closed, the room became stiflingly hot.
暑あつ苦くるしい服ふく装そうclothing that looks stuffy or too warm for the weather
こんなに暑あついのに彼かれは暑あつ苦くるしい服ふく装そうをしている。
Even though it's this hot, he's wearing stuffy-looking clothes.
暑あつ苦くるしい顔かおa face or expression that looks intensely hot-blooded or sweaty
彼かれは暑あつ苦くるしい顔かおで必ひっ死しにアピールしてきた。
He came at me with an intense, sweaty-looking face, desperately making his case.
暑あつ苦くるしい男おとこan overly intense, sweaty-looking guy (colloquial)
彼かれは暑あつ苦くるしい男おとこで、いつも熱あつく語かたる。
He's an intensely sweaty-looking guy who's always talking with passion.

Kanji

暑sultry, hot, summer heat
苦suffering, trial, worry
熱heat, temperature, fever

Related words

蒸むし暑あついN3sense 1
蒸し暑い describes humid, muggy heat, while 暑苦しい stresses an oppressive, stifling feeling that can also describe stuffy-looking clothes or appearances.
うっとうしいN2sense 1
うっとうしい covers a broader sense of gloomy or annoying heaviness (weather, feelings, people), while 暑苦しい is specifically about oppressive heat or a hot-looking appearance.

Opposites

涼すずしいN5sense 1
涼しい describes pleasantly cool weather or air, the direct opposite of the stifling heat described by 暑苦しい.

Don't confuse with

むさ苦くるしい
むさ苦しい looks similar to 暑苦しい because both end in ~苦しい, but むさ苦しい means untidy or shabby-looking, not hot.

Written forms

暑あつ苦くるしいUsage97%
Standard kanji spelling for this adjective.
あつくるしいUsage3%
熱あつ苦くるしい
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

Compound of 暑い (hot) and 苦しい (painful, uncomfortable). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys oppressive heat.