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Meaning of 'terrible' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Terrible [ a.]
- Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable.
- Excessive; extreme; severe.

Meaning of 'terrible' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . terrible [ s]
Meaning (1):
- causing fear or dread or terror
Example in sentence:
  • a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked;
  • a dreadful storm;
  • a fearful howling;
  • a terrible curse;
  • an awful risk;
  • dire news;
  • horrendous explosions shook the city;
  • polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was;
  • the awful war;
  • the dread presence of the headmaster
Meaning (2):
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
Example in sentence:
  • a painful performance;
  • abominable workmanship;
  • an awful voice;
  • an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room;
  • atrocious taste;
  • dreadful manners;
  • terrible handwriting
Meaning (3):
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
Example in sentence:
  • a severe case of flu;
  • a terrible cough;
  • a wicked cough;
  • severe pain;
  • under wicked fire from the enemy's guns
Meaning (4):
- extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
Example in sentence:
  • in a frightful hurry;
  • spent a frightful amount of money

Nearby Words:

ter- ter-tenant teraconic teracrylic teraph teraphim teraphs terapin teratical teratogeny

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