疎ましい
うとましい
disagreeable, repellent
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Examples
彼の存在が疎ましい。
かれのそんざいがうとましい。
His presence is disagreeable.
親の干渉が疎ましくなった。
おやのかんしょうがうとましくなった。
I came to resent my parents' meddling.
かつての友が今では疎ましく感じられる。
かつてのともがいまではうとましくかんじられる。
A friend of long ago now feels like someone I want at arm's length.
Common patterns
- 疎ましく思う
- to find someone repellent
- 存在が疎ましい
- for someone's very presence to grate
- 疎ましく感じる
- to feel put off by
Memory tip
It is about wanting distance from someone you were once close to, not plain dislike. Same 疎 as in 疎遠 'estranged' — the feeling is of pushing a person away.
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