憎らしい (にくらしい): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

憎らしい (にくらしい) means hateful / odious / detestable.

See example sentences below.

憎らしい at a glance

憎らしい

にくらしいnikurashii

N2adj

hateful / odious / detestable

憎らしいにくらしいnikurashiiN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

hateful / odious / detestable

Example 1

あの人のうわさはにくらしい。

Translation

That person's rumors are hateful.

Example 2

にくらしいほど勝ち続ける。

Translation

He keeps winning in a way that makes you hate him.