あくどい

• 読み: あくどい
• ローマ字: akudoi
• 発音: /a.kɯ.do.i/

意味

Unscrupulous; crafty; gaudy; garish. Describes either morally questionable cunning or visually excessive gaudiness.

An i-adjective with two related senses: morally, it describes someone calculating and unethical who pursues goals through questionable means; visually, it describes colours or designs that are overwhelmingly loud and garish. At N1 level the moral sense — scheming, unscrupulous — is more commonly tested than the aesthetic sense.

例文

1. あくどい手口で老人から財産を騙し取った詐欺師が逮捕された。
2. あの政治家のやり方はどこかあくどい感じがして、好きになれない。
3. 室内があくどい色使いで塗り潰されており、落ち着かない雰囲気だった。

使い方ガイド

場面: crime, social criticism, art, design

トーン: critical

起源と歴史

Of uncertain etymology; possibly from 飽く (aku — to be excessive, to be satiated) + 強い (intense). The word has carried both visual and moral senses of excess since the Edo period.

文化的背景

時代: Edo-Modern

世代: Adult

社会的背景: General