惨憺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
惨	憺
さん Grade: S	たん Hyōgai
kan'on

Alternative spellings
慘憺 (kyūjitai) 惨澹

Adjective

惨(さん)憺(たん) • (santan) ^†-tari (adnominal 惨(さん)憺(たん)とした (santan to shita) or 惨(さん)憺(たん)たる (santan taru), adverbial 惨(さん)憺(たん)と (santan to) or 惨(さん)憺(たん)として (santan to shite))

1. wretched, miserable
2. terrible, extremely bad
3. going to great efforts

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “terrible”): 優秀(ゆうしゅう) (yūshū)