adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. ghastly, gruesome, appalling, lurid.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
凄惨 せいさん
悽惨 せいさん

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)
wretched, disaster, cruelty
サン みじ.め むご.い (7th, N1)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン こころ
nonplussed, three (in documents), going
サン まい.る シン (4th, N3)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
three, hair ornament, short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
サン セン (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)