凄惨

せいさん

Also written 悽惨

Meanings

1. な-adjective, Noun ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

Kanji

• 凄 amazing. Read as セイ.
• 惨 wretched. Read as サン.

Example sentences

• その事故の映像は思わず目をそむけたくなるほど凄惨なものだった。
  The footage from that accident was so horrifying that it made me want to look away.

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