noun

  1. ghastliness, dreadfulness, grimness, weirdness.
  2. intimidation, menace, threat.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
凄み すごみ
凄味 すごみ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

uncanny, weird, threatening
すご.い すさ.まじい セイ (11th)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
wife, spouse
つま サイ ずま (5th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
pen radical
snout, hand
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)