ひどい

terrible, awful, unfair, cruel

i-adjective

Conjugation Table

Present

ひどい

Negative

ひどくない

Past

ひどかった

Past Negative

ひどくなかった

Te Form

ひどくて

Adverbial

ひどく

Conditional

ひどければ

Presumptive

ひどいでしょう

Example Sentences

昨日の試験はひどかった。

Yesterday's exam was terrible.

Kinō no shiken wa hidokatta.

この映画はひどくないよ。

This movie isn't terrible.

Kono eiga wa hidokunai yo.

雨がひどくて、外に行けない。

The rain is so terrible that I can't go outside.

Ame ga hidokute, soto ni ikenai.

Grammar Notes & Usage Tips

•Conjugation Made Easy:** Since ひどい is an i-adjective, remember that it follows regular i-adjective conjugation patterns, like changing to ひどくない for the negative form (not terrible) and ひどかった for the past tense (was terrible).

•Particle Pal:** When describing something as terrible or awful, use ひどい with the particle が, as in ひどい雨が降っている (A terrible rain is falling), to indicate the subject of the sentence.

•Comparisons and Degrees:** To express varying degrees of how terrible something is, pair ひどい with adverbs like とても (very) or もっと (more), as in とてもひどい (very terrible) or もっとひどい (more terrible).

•Avoid a Common Mix-up:** Don’t confuse ひどい with the na-adjective きれい (clean/beautiful); while they seem similar at first glance, they have different functions and conjugation rules—ひどい needs no な when describing a noun directly!

•い-adjective: Conjugates by changing the い ending