► 名詞
嫌味 [いやみ] meaning: criticize rank: 2
☆ 姑に子供の育て方について嫌味を言われた ⇨ My mother-in-law made some unpleasant comments about how I raise my kids (☛ Criticisms by sarcasms, insinuations, etc.)
► 形容動詞
嫌味 [いやみ] meaning: annoy rank: 2
☆ 彼は嫌味な言い方をした ⇨ He said in an insinuating, sarcastic, way
More examples:
- 彼女に散々嫌味を言われた ⇨ She threw tons of sarcastic remarks at me
- 彼の嫌味にぐさっときた ⇨ My feelings were hurt by his sarcasm
- 彼等はお互いに嫌味を言い合っている ⇨ They are throwing barbs at each other
- 上司に嫌味を言われて嫌な思いをした ⇨ I was annoyed by my boss’s sarcastic remark
- 彼女は嫌味たっぷりな言い方をした ⇨ She said that with tons of sarcasm, very sarcastically
- 彼の嫌味にはグサッと来た ⇨ His sarcasm hurt my feelings
- 彼の言ったことは嫌味とも取れなくもない ⇨ What he said could be interpreted as a sarcasm
- 彼女はネチネチと嫌味を言う ⇨ She criticizes me subtly and persistently
- 彼女はねちっこく嫌味を言う ⇨ She criticizes me subtly and persistently