極ごく悪あく

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Meanings

na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

heinous; atrocious; extremely wicked

Describes crimes, acts, or people of extreme evil or cruelty. Often used in news and formal contexts.

彼かれは極ごく悪あくな犯はん罪ざいを犯おかした。
He committed a heinous crime.
極ごく悪あく非ひ道どうな行こう為いは許ゆるされない。
Atrocious and inhuman acts are unforgivable.

Usage patterns

極ごく悪あくな〈人ひと〉an utterly wicked/heinous person
彼かれは極ごく悪あくな犯はん罪ざい者しゃとして知しられている。
He is known as an utterly heinous criminal.
極ごく悪あくな〈事こと〉a heinous act or crime
その事じ件けんは極ごく悪あくな犯はん罪ざいとして世せ間けんを騒さわがせた。
The case stirred up society as a heinous crime.
極ごく悪あくの限かぎりを尽つくすto commit every conceivable atrocity
彼かれらはその町まちで極ごく悪あくの限かぎりを尽つくした。
They committed every kind of atrocity in that town.

Kanji

極extreme, pole, extremely
悪bad, vice, rascal

Related words

凶きょう悪あく
凶悪 emphasizes brutal, violent behavior, while 極悪 stresses extreme moral wickedness of a person or act.
残ざん忍にん
残忍 focuses on cruelty and lack of mercy in an action, whereas 極悪 describes overall wicked character.
邪じゃ悪あく
邪悪 suggests a sinister, malicious nature, while 極悪 emphasizes the extreme degree of evil in acts or people.
悪あく辣らつ
悪辣 describes cunning, underhanded wickedness (e.g. schemes), while 極悪 describes outright, extreme evil.

Opposites

善ぜん良りょうN1
善良 means good-natured and virtuous, the direct opposite of the extreme wickedness described by 極悪.

Word family

極ごく悪あく非ひ道どう
inhuman; heinous; atrocious

Etymology

Compound of 極 (extreme) and 悪 (evil). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with extreme wickedness.