酷い

むごい【惨い， 酷い】

〔残酷な〕

*cruel

〖S〗(事が)むごい；悲惨な， 痛ましい

a cruel sight むごい光景

brutal

(獣のように)残酷な， 無慈悲な

merciless

〔…に対して〕無慈悲［無情］な〔to， toward〕

*bitter

〖S〗(出来事などが)むごい， つらい

the bitter truth むごい真実.

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ひどい【酷い】

1 〔むごい〕 cruel; harsh; hard; rough; inhuman; merciless; (乱暴な) outrageous; atrocious; (不当な) unfair.

●ひどい仕打ち cruel [harsh, nasty] treatment; (a) cruelty

・ひどいやり方 a cruel [harsh] way of doing [method]

・ひどいことを言う say something terrible [horrible, cruel]

・そんなにひどいことを言いましたか. Was I really [Did I really say something] that nasty [so cruel]?

・ひどい目 ⇒ひどいめ.

●それではあんまりひどいじゃないか. Don't be so cruel [nasty]! | You are being horrible.

・そんなことをするなんてひどすぎる. That's [That would be] too much [cruel, horrible]. | Nobody should do that to anyone.

・そんなことを言うなんて, ひどい男だ. It was mean [nasty, cruel] of him to say that. | He's a brute [bastard] to have said that.

・ずいぶんひどい話だな. That's brutal [really nasty].

・なんてひどいやつだ. What a beast [bastard, horrible guy]!

・1 時間も待たせるなんてひどいわ. What do you mean by keeping me waiting a whole hour! | Keeping a person waiting an hour! It's too much [cruel]!

・いくらなんでもそりゃひどい, 勘弁してくれよ. Come off it! You can't be serious [expect me to do that]! | That's ridiculous! You must be joking! | You can't do that (to people)!

2 〔極端に激しい〕 extreme; 〔大変な〕 terrible; dreadful; horrible; atrocious; abominable; 〔法外な〕 exorbitant; extraordinary; outrageous; egregious; unreasonable; ridiculous; absurd; 《英》 《口》 (a bit, rather, a little too) thick. [⇒ひどく²]

●ひどい暴風 a severe [heavy, violent, terrible] storm

・ひどい風 a violent [terrible] wind

・ひどい雨 heavy rain [rainfall]; terrible rain; a heavy [terrible] downpour

・ひどい雪 heavy snow; a heavy snowfall

・ひどい風邪 a bad [nasty, terrible, horrible] cold

・ひどい寒さ severe [intense, bitter] cold

・ひどい悪臭 a terrible smell; a stink

・ひどい要求をする make exorbitant [extreme, totally unrealistic] demands

・ひどい批評をする criticize bitterly.

●ひどい暑さだ. It is horribly [terribly] hot. | The heat is terrible.

・ひどい天気だった. The weather has been horrible [terrible, atrocious, abominable]. | We've had appalling weather.

・私はひどい近眼だ. I'm terribly [dreadfully, atrociously] near-sighted.

・ひどい遅刻をしてしまった. I was terribly late.

・ここは騒音がひどい. The noise here is (absolutely) terrible [intolerable].

・きのうから頭痛がひどい. I've had a terrible [an atrocious] headache since yesterday.

・ひどい混雑だ. What a crowd [crush]!

・あの病院はひどいときには 3 時間も患者を待たせる. That hospital is terrible; they sometimes keep patients waiting as long as three hours.

3 〔極端に悪い〕 extremely bad; atrocious; 《文》 execrable; 《口》 grizzly; grotesque; 〔お粗末な〕 gross; rough.

●ひどい道 a bad [an execrable] road

・ひどい出来ばえ terrible [atrocious] workmanship

・ひどい間違いをしでかす make a terrible [gross] mistake

・ひどい服装をしている be wearing terrible clothes; be terribly [appallingly] dressed; look terribly shabby.

●その上着はひどいしろものだ. That coat is dreadful [a horror].

・テストの結果はひどいものだった. The test results were terrible [awful, appalling].

・この料理, ひどい味だな. This food is [tastes] terrible! | This is uneatable, isn't it!

・部屋は散らかり放題でひどいことになっていた. The room was in a terrible state, with everything left lying around. | The room was in a state of appalling [total] chaos [confusion].

・失敗したらひどいことになりかねない. If I fail [it doesn't come off], things could be very tough (for me) [I could have a very hard time].

ひどさ 〔むごさ〕 cruelty; harshness; injustice; wrong; unfairness; inhumanity; immorality; beastliness; nastiness; 〔激しさ〕 severity; violence; atrociousness; extremity; exorbitance; outrageousness; absurdity; 〔程度の悪さ〕 a terrible state; a grotesque state of affairs.