酷く

非道く

Reading

Kana: ひどく

Romaji: hidoku

Definition

adv

1

very much; terribly; badly; awfully; extremely

Note: word usually written using kana alone

See also: 酷い (reading ひどい, entry #4)

Kanji

酷

Readings: コク、 ひど.い

Meanings: cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust

非

Readings: ヒ、 あら.ず

Meanings: un-, mistake, negative, injustice, non-

道

Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち

Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

Example Sentences

その犬(いぬ)に酷(ひど)く足(あし)を噛(か)まれた。

➥The dog gave his leg a mean bite.

ボブは酷(ひど)く取(とみだ)り乱()していて、現実(げんじつ)と虚構(きょこう)の区別(くべつ)がほとんど出来(でき)なかった。

➥Bob was so beside himself that he could scarcely tell fact from fiction.

スキャンダルは彼(かれ)の清潔(せいけつ)なイメージを酷(ひど)く傷(きず)つけた。

➥The scandal has badly damaged his clean image.