Word Meaning 嫌悪

けんお keno

嫌悪 is read as けんお (keno) and means disgust.

Meaning

English

  1. disgust
  2. hate
  3. repugnance
  4. loathing

Reading

Kana

けんお

Romaji

keno

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 準2級 Antonyms 愛好 Rank 5838 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

嫌悪感

けんおかん

(feeling of) hatred

自己嫌悪

じこけんお

self-hatred

外国人嫌悪

がいこくじんけんお

xenophobia

女性嫌悪

じょせいけんお

misogyny

同性愛嫌悪

どうせいあいけんお

homophobia

同族嫌悪

どうぞくけんお

disliking people similar to oneself

美的嫌悪

びてきけんお

aesthetic aversion

機嫌が悪い

きげんがわるい

in a bad mood

機嫌の悪い

きげんのわるい

bad-tempered

音嫌悪症

おとけんおしょう

misophonia

いや

no!

嫌気

いやき

dislike

Example Sentences

9

What's the matter?

Everyone seems to be in a bad mood.

Why are you in a bad mood?

Tom always seems to be in a bad mood.

I'm in a bad mood right now, so you probably shouldn't get close to me.

Tom is in a bad mood so it's best if you stay away from him.

The judge made no bones about his disgust with the accused's actions and handed down the severest sentence possible.

Tom didn't know the meaning of "anglophobia," so he did a quick web search to see if he could find out what it meant.

"Why is Tom in such a bad mood?" "I heard that he wrecked the new car he just bought. We should probably leave him alone for now."