見み苦ぐるしい

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見苦しい · i-adjective

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

Meanings

i-adjective

unsightly; ugly; shameful

Describes something visually unpleasant or morally disgraceful; often used for appearances, behavior, or situations that are hard to look at or embarrassing.

彼かれの部屋へやは見み苦ぐるしいほど散ちらかっていた。
His room was so messy it was unsightly.
あんな見み苦ぐるしい態たい度どはやめたほうがいい。
You should stop that disgraceful behavior.

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Usage patterns

見み苦ぐるしい姿すがたan unsightly/shameful appearance
酔よって倒たおれた見み苦ぐるしい姿すがたを人ひとに見みせてしまった。
I embarrassed myself by collapsing drunk in front of others.
見み苦ぐるしい言いい訳わけa pathetic/shameful excuse
彼かれは見み苦ぐるしい言いい訳わけを並ならべて謝あやまらなかった。
He made pathetic excuses instead of apologizing.
見苦みぐるしい真似まねshameful/undignified behavior
人ひと前まえで見み苦ぐるしい真似まねはやめてほしい。
Please stop behaving so shamefully in public.
見み苦ぐるしい争あらそいan unseemly/undignified quarrel
遺い産さんをめぐる見み苦ぐるしい争あらそいが続つづいている。
An unseemly dispute over the inheritance continues.

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
苦suffering, trial, worry

Related words

みっともないN3
見っともない is a colloquial word for looking shameful in front of others, while 見苦しい can also describe purely visual unpleasantness in a more formal register.
醜みにくいN2
醜い is a stronger, more direct word for physical or moral ugliness, whereas 見苦しい softens this into 'unpleasant to look at' or 'improper'.
汚きたならしい
汚らしい focuses on looking dirty or unkempt, while 見苦しい more broadly covers shameful behavior as well as unsightly appearance.
醜しゅう悪あく
見苦しい describes something unsightly or shabby, while 醜悪 is heavier and can condemn moral disgrace as well as appearance.

Opposites

立りっ派ぱN4
立派 describes something admirable and impressive to look at, the opposite of 見苦しい's sense of being unsightly or shameful.

Don't confuse with

見みにくい
見にくい simply means 'hard to see' (e.g. small text), while 見苦しい means 'unsightly or shameful to look at'; the two are easily mixed up because of their similar sound and shared kanji.
みすぼらしいN1
見苦しい criticizes an unsightly or disgraceful appearance/behavior in a moral or social sense, whereas 見すぼらしい specifically points to a poor, worn-out look caused by poverty or neglect.

Written forms

見み苦ぐるしいUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common and recommended form.
みぐるしいUsage2%

Etymology

Compound of 見 (mi, 'seeing') + 苦しい (kurushii, 'painful'). Literally 'painful to look at', which developed into the modern sense of 'unsightly' or 'shameful'.