じれったい
じれったい
adjective
frustrating; exasperating; irritatingly slow
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | じれったい | じれったくない |
| Past | じれったかった | じれったくなかった |
| て form | じれったくて | じれったくなくて |
| Adverbial | じれったく | — |
| Conditional ば | じれったければ | じれったくなければ |
| Conditional たら | じれったかったら | じれったくなかったら |
1.
frustrating; exasperating; irritatingly slow
The feeling of impatience or frustration when things are not progressing as quickly or smoothly as one would like.
じれったい話し方だな。
What a frustratingly slow way of talking.
返事がなかなか来なくてじれったい。
It's frustrating that the reply isn't coming.
二人の関係がなかなか進まないのを見ていてじれったく感じた。
I felt frustrated watching the two of them not make progress in their relationship.
An i-adjective expressing the feeling of impatience or frustration when something is moving too slowly or someone is being indecisive. Often used when watching someone else take too long to act. Can also be written as 焦れったい, though the hiragana form is more common.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- じれったい思いをする: to feel frustrated
- じれったく感じる: to feel exasperated
- 見ていてじれったい: frustrating to watch
SIMILAR WORDS:
- もどかしい: frustrating — similar meaning but slightly more literary; emphasizes the feeling of being unable to do something about the situation
- いらいらする: to get irritated — stronger and more active irritation, not necessarily about slowness
- 歯がゆい: vexing, frustrating — used when one cannot intervene in a situation