N21649/1725

見みっともない

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana aloneい adjectiveadjective (generic)

Meanings

shameful, disgraceful, unsightly, indecent, unseemly, unbecoming, improper

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Example sentences

そんな場所ばしょで騒さわぐのは見っともないよ。

Making a scene in a place like that is disgraceful.

公衆こうしゅうの前まえで口論こうろんするなんて見っともないことだ。

Quarreling in public is such an unseemly thing to do.

見っともない態度たいどを取とらないように気きをつけなさい。

Be careful not to behave in an improper manner.

大人おとながそんなことで泣なくのは見っともないと思おもわれるかもしれないが、感情かんじょうを表あらわすのは大切たいせつだ。

It may be seen as unseemly for an adult to cry over such things, but expressing emotions is important.

彼女かのじょは見っともない真似まねだけはしたくないと言いって、常つねに品ひんのある振ふる舞まいを心こころがけていた。

She always strived to behave with grace, saying she never wanted to do anything disgraceful.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)