Terrible

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Causing great fear or alarm; dreadful: a terrible bolt of lightning; a terrible curse.
  • adj. Extremely formidable: terrible responsibilities.
  • adj. Extreme in extent or degree; intense: "the life for which he had paid so terrible a priceā€ ( Leslie Fiedler).
  • adj. Unpleasant; disagreeable: had a terrible time at the party; terrible food.
  • adj. Very bad: a terrible actor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Dreadful; causing alarm and fear.
  • adj. formidable, powerful.
  • adj. Intense; extreme in degree or extent.
  • adj. Unpleasant; disagreeable.
  • adj. Very bad; lousy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable.
  • adj. Excessive; extreme; severe.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • That excites or is fitted to excite terror, fear, awe, or dread; awful; dreadful; formidable.
  • Excessive; tremendous; severe; great: chiefly used colloquially: as, a terrible bore.
  • Synonyms Terrific, fearful, frightful, horrible, shocking, dire.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
  • adj. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
  • adj. causing fear or dread or terror
  • adj. exceptionally bad or displeasing
  • Equivalent
    intense    extraordinary    alarming    bad   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    formidable    frightful    shocking    terrific    fearful    horrible    awful    dreadful    excessive    extreme   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bearable    comparable    parable    repairable    unbearable    wearable   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    awful    sudden    mysterious    severe    perdu    simple    thick    gate    slowly    loud