極度(きょくど)

きょくど
noun, no-adjective
extreme, utmost
1. extreme, utmost, excessive
The highest or most intense degree of a state or condition. Used to emphasize that something is at an extreme level, often with negative connotations such as extreme fatigue, tension, or stress.
極度(きょくど)の疲労(ひろう)で倒(たお)れた。
I collapsed from extreme fatigue.
極度(きょくど)の緊張(きんちょう)で手(て)が震(ふる)えていた。
My hands were trembling from extreme nervousness.
被災地(ひさいち)では食料(しょくりょう)が極度(きょくど)に不足(ふそく)しており、支援(しえん)が急(きゅう)がれている。
Food is extremely scarce in the disaster area, and aid is urgently needed.

USAGE:
Used as a no-adjective (極度(きょくど)の疲労(ひろう)) or adverbially with に (極度(きょくど)に緊張(きんちょう)する). Tends to appear with states that are inherently unpleasant or stressful: fatigue, tension, fear, anxiety, stress. More formal than 非常(ひじょう)に or すごく.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 極度(きょくど)の疲労(ひろう): extreme fatigue
  • 極度(きょくど)の緊張(きんちょう): extreme tension
  • 極度(きょくど)の不安(ふあん): extreme anxiety
  • 極度(きょくど)に達(たっ)する: to reach the extreme

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 極(きわ)み: the extreme, the peak (literary, noun form)
  • 過度(かど): excessive (implies going beyond what is appropriate)

Related Words

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