What does 酷い (hidoi | ひどい) mean in Japanese?

	The Japanese word
	酷い
	is pronounced
	hidoi \| ひどい
	means
	cruel, violent, terrible

	Examples:
	彼は酷い風邪をひいた。 kare wa hidoi kaze o hī ta. He caught a terrible cold.
	神戸の荒廃は、私が想像していたとおり酷いものであった。 kōbe no kōhai wa, watashi ga sōzō shi te i ta tōri hidoi mono de atta. The devastation in Kobe was as terrible as I had imagined.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org