adjective

  1. terrific, fierce, terrible, tremendous, dreadful, awful, amazing, absurd, cutthroat, intense.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
凄まじい すさまじい
 
 
凄じい すさまじい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

uncanny, weird, threatening
すご.い すさ.まじい セイ (11th)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
wife, spouse
つま サイ ずま (5th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
pen radical
snout, hand
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)