Definition
Meaning of 'terrible'
Meaning of 'terrible' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Terrible 
[ a.]
- Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread;
dreadful; formidable. [ a.]- Excessive; extreme; severe.
Meaning of 'terrible' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. terrible [ s]
[ s]Meaning (1):
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
- 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 (2):
- extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
- extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
Example in sentence:
- in a frightful hurry;
- spent a frightful amount of money
Meaning (3):
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- 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):
- causing fear or dread or terror
- 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
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