About The Word Terrible
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Terrible
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What's The Definition Of Terrible?
[adj] 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"
[adj] 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" [adj] extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"; "suffered terrible thirst" [adj] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Terrible: abominable | alarming | atrocious | awful | bad | dire | direful | dread(a) | dreaded | dreadful | fearful | fearsome | frightening | frightful | horrendous | horrific | intense | painful | severe | unspeakable | wicked Related Terms | Find terms related to Terrible: See Also | Terrible In Webster's Dictionary \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.
Prudent in peace, and terrible in war. --Prior.
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord
thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
--Deut. vii.
21.
2. Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.]
The terrible coldness of the season. --Clarendon.
Syn: Terrific; fearful; frightful; formidable; dreadful;
horrible; shocking; awful. -- {Ter"ri*ble*ness}, n. --
{Ter"ri*bly}, adv.
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