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))

wretched, miserable
terrible, extremely bad
going to great efforts

Antonyms

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

References

“惨^▲憺”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025