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English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈtɛɹəbl/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-terrible.ogg


Adjective

terrible

  1. dreadful; causing alarm and fear.
  2. : The witch gave him a terrible curse.
  3. most formidable.
  4. * 1883: w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island|Treasure Island
  5. *: ...and there was even a party of the younger men who pretended to admire him, calling him a "true sea-dog," and "real old salt," and such-like names, and saying there was the sort of man that made England terrible at sea.
  6. intense; extreme in degree or extent.
  7. : He paid a terrible price for his life of drinking.
  8. unpleasant, disagreeable.
  9. : The food was terrible but it was free.
  10. very bad.
  11. : Whatever he thinks, he is a terrible driver.


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Adjective

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  1. terrible


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Spanish

Adjective

  1. terrible


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Terrible \Ter"ri*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. terribilis, fr. terrere to
frighten. See Terror.]
1. Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread;
dreadful; formidable.
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Prudent in peace, and terrible in war. --Prior.
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Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord
thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
--Deut. vii.
21.
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2. Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.]
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The terrible coldness of the season. --Clarendon.
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Syn: Terrific; fearful; frightful; formidable; dreadful;
horrible; shocking; awful.
[1913 Webster] -- Ter"ri*ble*ness, n. -- Ter"ri*bly,
adv.
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WordNet terrible
adj 1: causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful
risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful
that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the
headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease
it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling";
"horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible
curse" [syn: awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded,
dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous,
horrific]
2: exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste";
"abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful
manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting";
"an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" [syn: atrocious,
abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, unspeakable]
3: intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or
quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a
terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's
guns"; "a wicked cough" [syn: severe, wicked]
4: extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a
frightful mistake"; "suffered terrible thirst" [syn: fearful,
frightful]
Moby Dictionary
aberrant , abnormal , abominable , acute , alarming , appalling ,
arduous , arrant , ashamed , astounding , atrocious , awe-inspiring ,
awesome , awful , bad , baneful , base , beastly , beneath contempt ,
blameworthy , brutal , concentrated , conscience-stricken ,
contemptible , contrite , criminal , deadly , delinquent , deplorable ,
desperate , despicable , detestable , deviant , difficult , dire ,
direful , disagreeable , disgraceful , disgusting , distressed ,
distressing , dread , dreaded , dreadful , egregious , enormous , evil ,
exquisite , fearful , fearsome , fell , fetid , fierce , filthy ,
flagrant , forbidding , formidable , foul , frightening , frightful ,
fulsome , furious , ghastly , ghoulish , gory , grave , grievous , grim ,
grisly , gross , grotesque , gruesome , guilty , hardly the thing ,
harrowing , hateful , heavy , heinous , hideous , horrendous , horrible ,
horrid , horrific , horrifying , howling , ignominious , illegal ,
improper , inappropriate , incorrect , indecorous , infamous ,
intolerable , joyless , laborious , lamentable , loathsome , lousy ,
macabre , mephitic , miserable , monstrous , morbid , nasty , nauseating ,
nauseous , nefarious , noisome , not done , not the thing , notorious ,
noxious , obnoxious , odious , off-base , off-color , offensive ,
out-of-line , outrageous , pitiable , pitiful , rank , redoubtable ,
regretful , regrettable , remorseful , repelling , reprehensible ,
repugnant , repulsive , revolting , rotten , rousing , rueful ,
sacrilegious , sad , savage , scandalous , schlock , schrecklich ,
scurvy , serious , severe , shabby , shameful , shameless , shocking ,
shoddy , sinful , sordid , sorry , squalid , strenuous , terrible ,
terrific , terrifying , thumping , toilsome , too bad , tough , tragic ,
tremendous , unbearable , unclean , undue , unfit , unfitting ,
unfortunate , unhappy , unlawful , unpleasant , unrighteous , unseemly ,
unspeakable , unsuitable , vehement , vicious , vile , villainous ,
violent , whacking , wicked , woeful , worst , worthless , wretched ,
wrong , wrongful


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