ひどい

Japanese
Alternative spellings
酷い
非道い (rare)

Etymology

Derived from 非道 (hidō, “evil, inhumanity”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ひどい • (hidoi) -i (adverbial ひどく (hidoku))

  1. cruel
    ひどーい！
    Hidōi!
    You're mean! / That's mean!
  2. severe, terrible
    酷(ひど)い嵐(あらし)に巻(ま)き込(こ)まれた。
    Hidoi arashi ni makikomareta.
    I was caught in a severe storm.
  3. very bad, terrible
    酷(ひど)い結果(けっか)だった。
    Hidoi kekka datta.
    It was a terrible result.

Inflection
Inflection of ひどい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) ひどかろ hidokaro
Continuative (連用形) ひどく hidoku
Terminal (終止形) ひどい hidoi
Attributive (連体形) ひどい hidoi
Hypothetical (仮定形) ひどけれ hidokere
Imperative (命令形) ひどかれ hidokare
Key constructions
Informal negative ひどくない hidoku nai
Informal past ひどかった hidokatta
Informal negative past ひどくなかった hidoku nakatta
Formal ひどいです hidoi desu
Formal negative ひどくないです hidoku nai desu
Formal past ひどかったです hidokatta desu
Formal negative past ひどくなかったです hidoku nakatta desu
Conjunctive ひどくて hidokute
Conditional ひどければ hidokereba
Provisional ひどかったら hidokattara
Volitional ひどかろう hidokarō
Adverbial ひどく hidoku
Degree ひどさ hidosa

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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