English Explanatory Dictionary

sugoi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. amazing, awesome

Word forms

sugoi more sugoi most sugoi

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese すごい (sugoi, “amazing, splendid, fantastic, great”). This word originally meant "dreadful, ghastly", but underwent an ameliorative semantic shift, similar to English terrific.

Related words

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