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憎い [spec2,news2,nf36] ； 悪い
【 にくい [spec2,news2,nf36] ； ニクい [sk] 】
1. [adj-i]
▶ hateful
▶ detestable
▶ abominable
▶ vexing
▶ provoking
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2831731 憎き【にっくき】 1. accursed; damned; blasted
2. [adj-i]
▶ amazing
▶ fantastic
▶ admirable
▶ lovely
▶ wonderful

Conjugations


History:
7. A 2023-10-28 00:40:22  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6. A* 2023-10-27 22:32:04  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
gg5, prog, daij
  Comments: 
The second sense is always ironic (but the glosses aren't). I think the note is confusing no matter how we word it.
  Diff: 
@@ -25,0 +26 @@
+<gloss>detestable</gloss>
@@ -27,2 +28,2 @@
-<gloss>poor-looking</gloss>
-<gloss>detestable</gloss>
+<gloss>vexing</gloss>
+<gloss>provoking</gloss>
@@ -32 +32,0 @@
-<s_inf>often with irony</s_inf>
5. A 2023-10-25 10:37:13  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -20,0 +21 @@
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
4. A* 2023-10-25 08:25:37 
  Refs: 
sankoku

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 憎い　 │ 293,721 │ 91.1% │
│ ニクい │  28,585 │  8.9% │
╰─ーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
  Diff: 
@@ -17,0 +18,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ニクい</reb>
3. A 2011-05-17 02:02:12  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
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