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ひどい (hidoi)

cruel, awful, severe, very bad, serious, terrible, heavy, violent

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 2

Meaning

酷い (ひどい, hidoi) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “cruel, awful, severe, very bad, serious, terrible, heavy, violent”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

妹いもうととひどい喧嘩けんかをした。

I had an awful fight with my little sister.

ひどく痛いたむ。

It hurts terribly.

ひどい雨降あめふりだ。

It's raining hard.

何なんと酷ひどい天気てんきだ。

What horrible weather.

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