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酷い
非道い
rarely-used kanji form
Readings

hidoi
English
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
Usually written using kana alone
cruel, heartless, hard, harsh, severe

I-adjective (keiyoushi)
Usually written using kana alone
violent, intense, strong, heavy, extreme

I-adjective (keiyoushi)
Usually written using kana alone
very bad, terrible, awful

I-adjective (keiyoushi)
See also: 酷く
Usually written using kana alone
excessive, exorbitant, unreasonable, outrageous, unfair, unjust

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Conjugated forms
Present, Future ひどい
is [x]
ひどくない
is not [x]
Past ひどかった
was [x]
ひどくなかった
was not [x]
Te-form, Continuative ひどくて
is [x] and...
ひどくなくて
is not [x] and...
Kanjis
ON: コク KUN: ひど.い
cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust

Stroke: 14 JLPT: N1 SKIP: 1-7-7 FC: 1466.6


ON: KUN: あら.ず
un-, mistake, negative, injustice, non-

Stroke: 8 Grade: 5 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 1-4-4 FC: 1111.1


ON: ドウ, トウ KUN: みち, いう
road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

Stroke: 12 Grade: 2 JLPT: N4 SKIP: 3-3-9 FC: 3830.0


Phrases
この薬はひどい味がする。
Parts: 此の (この) (くすり) 酷い (ひどい) 味がする (あじがする)
This medicine tastes horrible.