惨い
むごい · mugoi
Cruel, merciless, pitiless, brutal, atrocious, inhuman
- tragic, horrible, terrible, dreadful, miserable, ugly, horrifying
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Conjugation
| Negative (ない形) | 惨くないむごくない |
| Past (た形) | 惨かったむごかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 惨くなかったむごくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 惨くてむごくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 惨くむごく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 惨いむごい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 惨ければむごければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 惨かったらむごかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 惨くなるむごくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 惨すぎるむごすぎる |
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What does 惨い mean?
Cruel, merciless, pitiless, brutal, atrocious, inhuman. It can also mean: tragic, horrible, terrible, dreadful, miserable, ugly, horrifying.
How do you pronounce 惨い?
むごい (mugoi). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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