荒々しい・荒荒しい|あらあらしいaraarashii[5]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. i-adjectiverough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
   だから、この荒々あらあらしい試合しあいでは選手せんしゅがひどいけがを負おっていたし、ときには死しぬこともあったのです。↗

   So, players were often seriously injured and sometimes even killed in these rough games.

• Synonym荒いあらいNeutralCommon everyday word with a wider range than 「荒々しい」—waves, breathing, a temper, even how one spends money, as in 「金遣いが荒い」.
• Synonym荒っぽいあらっぽいCasualColloquial. Focuses on rude manners and attitudes, and on work done roughly or carelessly; 「荒々しい」 instead stresses fierce momentum or force.
• Synonym乱暴らんぼうNeutralLeans toward people's behavior—getting physical, rough language, or crude methods. 「荒々しい」 also covers fierce momentum and wild natural scenes.
• Synonym粗暴そぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Describes a wild, rough character or manner, as in 「粗暴な振る舞い」, and is used mostly of people.
• Related狂暴きょうぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Suggests raging wildly out of one's senses; a stronger degree than 「荒々しい」.
• Related手荒てあらNeutralAbout handling people or things roughly, without gentleness, as in 「手荒な扱い」. 「荒々しい」 covers a broader range.
• Related手荒いてあらいCasualColloquial, meaning much the same as 「手荒」: heavy-handed treatment. 「荒々しい」 can also describe wild natural scenery.
• Related暴力的ぼうりょくてきNeutralStresses the use of physical force or hard-line means, as in 「暴力的な行為」. 「荒々しい」 more often describes movement, momentum, and natural scenes.
• Antonym穏やかおだやかNeutralAntonym: calm and mild—weather, a calm sea, a gentle personality. The direct opposite of the fierce, rough 「荒々しい」.
• Antonym優しいやさしいNeutralAntonym: tender and considerate, mostly of people's manner. The opposite of the rough, fierce 「荒々しい」.

Use 「荒々しい」 for actions, momentum, or natural scenery that are wild and fierce, as in 「荒々しい海」 and 「荒々しい息遣い」. For everyday roughness pick 「乱暴」, and for rude manners pick 「荒っぽい」.

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1. 勢いきおいが激はげしく乱暴らんぼうなさま。