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酷い

非道い

Reading

Kana: ひどい
Romaji: hidoi
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

adj-i
1

cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe

Note: word usually written using kana alone
2

violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme

Note: word usually written using kana alone
3

very bad; terrible; awful

Note: word usually written using kana alone
4

excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust

Note: word usually written using kana alone
See also: 酷く

Kanji

酷
Readings: コク、 ひど.い
Meanings: cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust
非
Readings: ヒ、 あら.ず
Meanings: un-, mistake, negative, injustice, non-
道
Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち
Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

Example Sentences

ひどく痛(いた)む。
➥It hurts terribly.
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ひどく歯(は)が痛(いた)い。
➥I have a bad toothache.
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ひどい雨降(あめふ)りだ。
➥It is raining hard.
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ひどく頭(あたま)が痛(いた)む。
➥My head aches so.
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ひどい気候(きこう)です。
➥This is a terrible climate.
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彼(かれ)はひどい人(ひと)です。
➥He is a cruel person.
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惨い

酷い

Reading

Kana: むごい
Romaji: mugoi
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

adj-i
1

cruel; merciless; pitiless; brutal; atrocious; inhuman

Note: word usually written using kana alone
2

tragic; horrible; terrible; dreadful; miserable

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

惨
Readings: サン、 ザン、 みじ.め、 いた.む、 むご.い
Meanings: wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh
酷
Readings: コク、 ひど.い
Meanings: cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust

Example Sentence

動物(どうぶつ)に対(たい)してむごいことをしてはいけない。
➥You ought not to be cruel to animals.
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