酷く
ひどく · hidoku
i-adjective 連用形
酷く is the masu-stem of 酷い — cruel, heartless, hard, harsh, severe.
- violent, intense, strong, heavy, extreme
- very bad, terrible, awful
How it’s built
酷い
酷く
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
酷い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 酷い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 酷い
| Negative (ない形) | 酷くないひどくない |
| Past (た形) | 酷かったひどかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 酷くなかったひどくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 酷くてひどくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) ← this one | 酷くひどく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 酷いひどい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 酷ければひどければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 酷かったらひどかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 酷くなるひどくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 酷すぎるひどすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
酷けれ酷きゃ酷けりゃ酷かろ酷かろう酷かろふ酷い酷え酷う酷かっSave your words
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