猛もう悪あく

na-adjective, noun

savage; ferocious; atrocious

Literary or formal word describing extreme cruelty, violence, or ferocity. Not common in everyday speech; more likely in written descriptions of brutal acts or fierce animals.

• その猛もう悪あくな犯はん罪ざいに町まち中じゅうが震ふるえ上あがった。

  The whole town trembled at the atrocious crime.

• 猛もう悪あくな獣けものが村むらを襲おそったという記き録ろくが残のこっている。

  There is a record that a ferocious beast attacked the village.