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甚だしい (はなはだしい): extreme, excessive, terrible — Japanese vocabulary

甚だしい is read はなはだしい and means "extreme, excessive, terrible". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

甚だしい

Reading
はなはだしい · hanahadashii
Translation
extreme, excessive, terrible
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
はなはだしいが

Example

あんなことを彼女に言うなんて非常識も甚だしい。

あんなことをかのじょにゆうなんてひじょうしきもはなはだしい。

It's quite absurd of you to tell her that sort of thing.

Kanji in this word

  • 甚 — Tremendously, Very, Great

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