Meanings

1. i-adjectiveterrible; dreadful; awful; horrible; ghastly
2. i-adjectivetremendous; terrific; enormous; prodigious; stupendous; amazing
3. i-adjectiveappalling; shocking; staggering; absurd

Examples

• 当時の農家の暴利はすさまじかった。

  The bloated profits of farmers at the time were something again.

• 国内市場の競争はすさまじいものです。

  Competition in the domestic market is cutthroat.

• 木がすさまじい音を立てて倒れるのが聞こえた。

  We heard the tree fall with a crash.

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Kanji in 凄まじい

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