毒々しい

• 読み: どくどくしい
• ローマ字: dokudokushii
• 漢字の分解: 毒 (doku) — poison (repeated for intensification)
• 発音: /do.kɯ.do.kɯ.ɕiː/

意味

Gaudy; garish; lurid; venomous-looking. Describes something that appears poisonous, unnaturally vivid, or offensively showy in a way that feels unsettling.

An i-adjective formed by the reduplication 毒々 (intensifying 'poison') + しい. Used to describe colours that are unnaturally vivid (毒々しい色, lurid colour), appearances that feel malicious or repellent, or things that are gaudily excessive. Stronger than 派手 (showy) — it implies something deeply unsettling about the gaudiness itself.

例文

1. 毒々しい赤と緑のキノコが森の中に生えていた。
2. あの女優の衣装は毒々しいほど派手で、会場でひときわ目立っていた。
3. 毒々しい色をした飴が子供たちの目を引いた。

使い方ガイド

場面: everyday speech, fashion criticism, nature descriptions

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

From 毒 (doku, poison) reduplicated as 毒々 + しい. The reduplication intensifies the sense of poison, suggesting something that looks dangerously vivid or repulsive to the eye.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal