意地悪, いじわる

ijiwaru

JLPT 2

Definition of 意地悪,いじわる

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

malicious
ill-tempered
unkind

Related Kanji

意	idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
地	ground, earth
悪	bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong

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Examples of 意地悪,いじわる in a Sentence

彼女の意地悪な言葉は結局自分の身にはね返ってきた。

Her unkind words boomeranged.

ベスは、彼女の意地悪なお兄さんのせいで暗闇をこわがっています。

Beth is afraid of the dark because of her evil brother.

私はもう彼のあの意地悪な態度に我慢できない。

I can't stand that nasty attitude of his any longer.

友達に意地悪をしてはいけません。

Don't be unkind to your friends.

意地悪ではありませんが、やさしくもないです。

He isn't ill-natured, but not so kind.

彼女は意地悪女だ。

She's a big teaser.

あの子は私に意地悪するよ。

He is very mean to me.

嫉妬深い人は、友達にすら、意地悪をして、満足感を得る。

A jealous person gets a feeling of contentment by behaving like a dog in the manger even with his friends.

人前で彼を冷やかすなんて君は意地悪だ。

It is mean of you to ridicule him in public.

全くもう、本当にいじわるなんだから。

Really, you are so mean!