► 形容詞
酷い [(2)ひどい] meaning: bad rank: 1
☆ ひどい臭いがする ⇨ It smells horrible
☆ 損害は恐れていたほど酷くはなかった ⇨ The damage was not as bad as I had feared
酷い [(2)ひどい] meaning: serious rank: 1
☆ 彼はひどい怪我を負った ⇨ He suffered serious injuries
酷い [(2)ひどい] meaning: very rank: 1
☆ 彼女は自分の体重をひどく気にしている ⇨ She’s very self-conscious about her weight
☆ 彼はひどく内気だ ⇨ He is very shy, timid (☛ Always negative)
☆ 表面がひどく錆びている ⇨ The surface is rusted badly (☛ Always negative)
酷い [(2)むごい] meaning: cruel rank: 2
☆ 動物にこんな酷い事をする人間が何故いるのが理解出来ない ⇨ I cannot fathom why there are people who do such cruel things to animals (☛ About people or things)
More examples:
- 幾らなんでもそれは酷い ⇨ That’s outrageous no matter what, however you try to justify it
- 東京の渋滞は酷い ⇨ The traffic jam in Tokyo is horrible
- 田舎で車が故障して酷い目に遭った ⇨ I had a horrible time when my car broke down in the countryside
- 昨夜は酷い嵐だった ⇨ There as a bad storm last night
- 彼女は姑から酷い扱いを受けた ⇨ She was treated horribly by her mother-in-law
- インフルエンザなど大した事がないと高を括っていたら酷い目に遭った (たかをくくって) ⇨ I hadn’t taken the flu seriously and had a torrid time
- あー、酷い目に遭った ⇨ Wow, I experienced an ordeal, that was an ordeal
- 彼は酷い怪我にも拘らず戦い続けた ⇨ He kept fighting despite a severe injury
- このホテルは飛行機の騒音が酷い ⇨ The noise of airplanes are horrible in this hotel
- 彼は酷い風邪で寝込んでいる ⇨ He got a bad cold and is staying in bed