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14 気持ち悪い Bad Feeling

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Meaning

Primary

Bad Feeling

Alternatives

Feeling Bad, Feeling Terrible, Unpleasant, Gross

Word Type

い adjective

Explanation

The 気持ち (feeling) is bad. So, you can imagine how you feel isn't good, it's a bad feeling. You're feeling terrible, in fact.

Reading

きもちわるい
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings come from the words 気持ち and 悪い. Hopefully you've seen both and can combine them together to know the reading automatically. No bad feelings with this word, right?

Context

Patterns of Use

〜は気持ち悪い 〜が気持ち悪い

Common Word Combinations

  • これは気持ち悪い

    this is gross, this is unpleasant

    ヘビは気持ち悪い

    snakes are creepy

    虫は気持ち悪い

    bugs are gross

Context Sentences

二日よいで、頭はガンガンするし、めっちゃ気持ち悪いし、最悪だよ。

I'm hungover, I have a bad headache, and I feel terrible. This is awful.

コウイチは気持ち悪いネコなで声で、ビエトをよんだ。

Koichi called out to Viet with his sickly sweet voice.

ちょっと、そんな風に腕を曲げるのやめてくれない？めちゃくちゃ気持ち悪いんだけど。

Stop bending your arms like that. It’s seriously weirding me out.

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