In order to grasp the law of ship pitching motion at abominable sea state and make accurate prediction,this paper analyzes the law of the ship pitching motion. Adopting the principle of spectrum analysis and frequency response method,the ship pitching motion spectral density function is obtained based on the wave spectral density function and the ship pitching frequency response function at sea state 4,5 and 6. Three types of Time-Domain function images of the ship pitching motion at abominable sea state are obtained from the simulation of ship pitching motion using MATLAB,and the accuracy of the simulation has been verified. The simulation result indicates that the sea state level has a significant effect on the ship pitch at abominable sea state,which means the higher the sea state level is,the greater the range of the ship pitch angle value will be. Taking a certain type of ship as an example,the prediction result shows that at sea state 4,the pitch of the ship is within ±6°;at sea state 5,the pitch of the ship is within ±15°;at sea state 6,the pitch of the ship is within ±30°.