腹立たしい
はらだたしい
irritating, infuriating
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Examples
腹立たしい対応だった。
はらだたしいたいおうだった。
The response was infuriating.
その言い方が腹立たしい。
そのいいかたがはらだたしい。
It's the way he says it that is so irritating.
何もできない自分が腹立たしくてならない。
なにもできないじぶんがはらだたしくてならない。
I am furious with myself for being able to do nothing.
Common patterns
- 腹立たしい態度
- an infuriating attitude
- 腹立たしく思う
- to find something maddening
- 腹立たしい限りだ
- it is thoroughly infuriating
Memory tip
The written, composed cousin of 腹が立つ. It labels the thing as infuriating rather than announcing your own temper, which is why it suits reports and letters of complaint.
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