憎らしい Hateful

Meaning

Primary

Hateful

Word Type

い adjective

Explanation

憎む is "to hate" - the adjective version is hateful.

Reading

にくらしい

Explanation

The reading comes from 憎む as well, so if you know this no need to show any hate towards this vocab.

Context

Context Sentences

候補者のコウイチ氏は、大統領候補討論会の前、憎らしいほど落ち着いていました。

Candidate Koichi was provokingly cool before the presidential debate.

Kanji Composition

1. 憎

   ぞう Hate