ひどい
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Meanings
I-adjective
1. cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe (Usually kana)
2. violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme (Usually kana)
3. very bad; terrible; awful (Usually kana)
4. excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust (Usually kana)
Other spellings
酷ひどい
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
ひどい
Used in vocabulary
ひどい仕し打うち
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
Expression
ひどい風邪かぜ
bad cold
Expression
Examples410
This medicine tastes horrible.
It is wicked of you to do such things.
Nothing can be worse than that.
It was a terrible day.
They were badly in need of water.
He is a cruel person.