Practice JLPT辟易 (hekieki)
wince, shrink back, succumbing to, being frightened, disconcerted
- JLPT N1
Meaning
辟易 (へきえき, hekieki) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “wince, shrink back, succumbing to, being frightened, disconcerted”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 2
専門家でない者を排除せんとする科学者の過剰防衛には辟易させられる。
I am fed up with overprotective scientists (literally: the overprotection of scientists) who try to eliminate non specialists.
お前がどこまでも強情を張るなら…. If you continue obstinate, ….彼は彼女の強情に辟易した. He was daunted by her intransigence .とカーナン氏は強情に繰り返した。
repeated Mr. Kernan obdurately.