厳めしい

いかめしい
austere
grave
solemn
majestic
dreadful
stern
ostentatious

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いかめしい【厳めしい】

〔威厳のある〕 dignified; majestic; solemn; 〔威圧的な〕 imposing; 〔物々しい〕 forbidding; stern; severe; austere.

●厳めしい顔つき a stern [grave] look; a grim (facial) expression

・厳めしい顔つきをしている look grave [solemn]; have a stern [grim] (facial) expression [appearance]

・厳めしい軍服姿 《in》 a dignified military uniform

・厳めしい肩書き a grandiose [an imposing, an ostentatious, a high-sounding] title

・厳めしい風(_ふう)をして with a majestic air

・厳めしい警備陣 a security team on full alert.

いかめしく 〔威厳をもって〕 majestically; solemnly; with dignity; with a dignified air; in a dignified manner; 〔威圧的に〕 in an imposing manner; 〔物々しく〕 gravely; sternly.

●彼の礼装姿はとてもいかめしく見えた. He looked dignified in ceremonial dress.

・女王の周囲を護衛がいかめしく固めていた. Her guards gravely protected the Queen. | The Queen was firmly [stoutly] protected by her guards.