醜い
みにくい
i-adjective
ugly; unsightly; shameful
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 醜い | 醜くない |
| Past | 醜かった | 醜くなかった |
| て form | 醜くて | 醜くなくて |
| Adverbial | 醜く | — |
| Conditional ば | 醜ければ | 醜くなければ |
| Conditional たら | 醜かったら | 醜くなかったら |
1.
ugly; unsightly
Unpleasant or offensive to look at.
2.
shameful; disgraceful; unseemly
Morally repugnant or causing embarrassment.
醜い is an i-adjective meaning ugly, both physically and morally.
Forms
- Adverbial: 醜く
- Noun form: 醜さ (ugliness)
Common patterns
Similar words
- 美しい: Beautiful
- 綺麗: Beautiful, pretty
- 醜い vs. ブサイク: 醜い is the standard/literary term; ブサイク is slang/colloquial for "ugly" (appearance).
- 醜い vs. 見苦しい: 見苦しい focuses more on being "unpleasant to watch" (behavior), while 醜い covers both appearance and morality.
Register: Neutral to formal. A strong word that can be offensive when applied directly to people.
Related Words
Antonym:
美しい (beautiful)
Related:
見苦しい (unsightly, unseemly)
Compare:
ブサイク
Compare:
きれい (Beautiful, pretty)