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見苦しい

みぐるしい

unsightly; ugly; disgraceful; unseemly

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Examples

  1. 見苦しい言い訳はやめなさい。

    みぐるしいいいわけはやめなさい。

    Stop making unseemly excuses.

  2. 部屋が散らかっていて見苦しくてすみません。

    へやがちらかっていてみぐるしくてすみません。

    I'm sorry the room is such an untidy mess.

  3. 負けたあとまで相手のせいにするのは見苦しいだけだ。

    まけたあとまであいてのせいにするのはみぐるしいだけだ。

    Blaming your opponent even after you've lost is simply unbecoming.

Common patterns

見苦しい言い訳
a sorry excuse
見苦しい真似
unseemly behaviour
見苦しくない
presentable

Memory tip

Literally 'painful to look at'. It judges behaviour as much as appearance — a grown adult sulking is 見苦しい. 醜い is about ugliness itself; 見苦しい is about the shame of being seen that way.

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