awfulness
ひどさ
解説 Definition
ひどさ。非常に悪い、または不快な状態。品質や条件が極めて悪い様子を表現する。
Awfulness is the quality of being very bad, unpleasant, or shocking. It can describe how terrible a situation, person, or thing feels. The word is often used for strong negative judgment.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
awful「ひどい」が分かれば、-ness が付いて「ひどいこと・ひどさ」という抽象名詞だと押さえやすい語です。まず awful を軸に覚えるのが近道。badness より感情が強く、聞き手に『うわ、それはひどい』と思わせる響きがあります。the awfulness of the situation のように「状況・事件・体験のひどさ」で出やすいです。形が似た awesome は今ではむしろ肯定的に使われやすいので、awful と取り違えないのが重要です。
Take `awful` and add `-ness`, the common ending for a quality or state. That makes it easy to remember as the abstract form of `awful`. Keep it separate from `awesome`, which looks similar but usually feels positive.
例文
The awfulness of the situation was overwhelming.
その状況のひどさは圧倒的だった。
He was shocked by the awfulness of the results.
彼は結果のひどさに衝撃を受けた。
The awfulness of the weather prevented us from going out.
天候のひどさは私たちが出かけるのを妨げた。
awfulness の類義語・関連語
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awfulness の語源・成り立ち Etymology
awfulness は awful＋-ness、さらに awful は awe「畏れ・畏敬」＋ -ful からできた語。awe は古ノルド語 agi「恐れ」に由来し、もとは「ぞっとするほど畏れを起こす感じ」なので、そこから転じて今の「ひどさ」の意味になった。関連語は awe, awesome。
"Awfulness" comes from "awful" plus the noun ending "-ness." "Awful" originally meant "full of awe," from "awe" and "-ful," and "awe" comes from Old Norse "agi," meaning fear or deep respect. Because something awe-inspiring could also seem frightening, the word later shifted toward the modern sense of something very bad; compare "awe" and "awesome."
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