未 練(みれん)たらしい

みれんたらしい

i-adjective

clingy; unable to let go; pathetic about lingering attachment

Conjugation

	Affirmative	Negative
Present	未練(みれん)たらしい	未練(みれん)たらしくない
Past	未練(みれん)たらしかった	未練(みれん)たらしくなかった
て form	未練(みれん)たらしくて	未練(みれん)たらしくなくて
Adverbial	未練(みれん)たらしく	—
Conditional ば	未練(みれん)たらしければ	未練(みれん)たらしくなければ
Conditional たら	未練(みれん)たらしかったら	未練(みれん)たらしくなかったら

1. clingy; unable to let go; pathetic about lingering attachment

Describes someone whose behavior visibly shows they cannot accept that something is over — most often a relationship, a missed chance, or a past defeat. Strongly negative and often pejorative.

未練(みれん)たらしいことを言(い)うな。

Stop saying such clingy things.

彼(かれ)は元彼女(もとかのじょ)に未練(みれん)たらしいメッセージを送(おく)り続(つづ)けている。

He keeps sending clingy messages to his ex-girlfriend.

試合(しあい)には負(ま)けたのだから、未練(みれん)たらしい態度(たいど)を取(と)らずに次(つぎ)に進(すす)むべきだ。

We lost the game, so we should move on instead of dwelling on it like sore losers.

未練(みれん) (lingering attachment) + the i-adjective suffix たらしい, which adds the meaning 'having the unpleasant appearance of ~'. The suffix makes the adjective sound contemptuous or scornful.

Common collocations

未練(みれん)たらしいことを言(い)う: to say clingy things
未練(みれん)たらしい態度(たいど): a clingy/sore-loser attitude
未練(みれん)たらしく振(ふ)る舞(ま)う: to behave in a pathetic, clingy way

Similar words

未練(みれん)がましい: clingy — near-synonym with the same negative tone; がましい is slightly more formal in feel
未練(みれん)がある: to have lingering attachment — neutral; just describes the feeling, not the behavior
しつこい: persistent; clingy — broader; can apply to flavors, requests, or people

Related Words

Synonym: 未練(みれん)がましい (clingy; unable to let go)

See also: 未練(みれん) (lingering attachment)

Compare: しつこい (persistent)

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Added 2026.6.3 11:08 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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