薄気味悪(うすきみわる)い

うすきみわるい
adjective
creepy; eerie; uncanny
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present薄気味悪(うすきみわる)い薄気味悪(うすきみわる)くない
Past薄気味悪(うすきみわる)かった薄気味悪(うすきみわる)くなかった
て form薄気味悪(うすきみわる)くて薄気味悪(うすきみわる)くなくて
Adverbial薄気味悪(うすきみわる)く—
Conditional ば薄気味悪(うすきみわる)ければ薄気味悪(うすきみわる)くなければ
Conditional たら薄気味悪(うすきみわる)かったら薄気味悪(うすきみわる)くなかったら
1. creepy; eerie; uncanny; giving one the creeps
An unsettling feeling of unease or eeriness caused by something strange or inexplicable.
薄気味悪(うすきみわる)い笑(わら)い方(かた)だ。
That's a creepy way of laughing.
夜(よる)の廃墟(はいきょ)は薄気味悪(うすきみわる)い雰囲気(ふんいき)だった。
The ruins at night had an eerie atmosphere.
誰(だれ)もいないはずの部屋(へや)から物音(ものおと)がして、薄気味悪(うすきみわる)く感(かん)じた。
I heard a noise from a room that should have been empty, and it gave me the creeps.

A compound adjective formed from 薄(うす) (faint, slight) + 気味悪(きみわる)い (unpleasant, creepy). The 薄(うす) prefix softens the intensity slightly, making it mean "somewhat creepy" or "vaguely unsettling," though in practice it is used as a general word for creepy or eerie.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 薄気味悪(うすきみわる)い雰囲気(ふんいき): eerie atmosphere
  • 薄気味悪(うすきみわる)い笑(わら)い: creepy laugh
  • 薄気味悪(うすきみわる)く感(かん)じる: to feel creeped out
  • 薄気味悪(うすきみわる)い場所(ばしょ): creepy place

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 気味(きみ)が悪(わる)い: creepy; unpleasant — the base expression, similar meaning
  • 不気味(ぶきみ): eerie; ominous — more literary and stronger, often used for genuinely threatening situations
  • ぞっとする: to shudder; to get chills — describes the physical reaction to something frightening
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