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Meaning of terrible in English
Pronunciation
/ˈtɛrəb(ə)l/
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Classifying Adjective
terrible
Definitions
1.
causing fear or dread or terror
Examples
« 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 »
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Synonyms
alarming
2.
exceptionally bad or displeasing
Examples
« atrocious taste »
« abominable workmanship »
« an awful voice »
« dreadful manners »
« a painful performance »
« terrible handwriting »
« an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room »
Synonyms
bad
3.
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
Examples
« severe pain »
« a severe case of flu »
« a terrible cough »
« under wicked fire from the enemy's guns »
« a wicked cough »
Synonyms
intense
4.
extremely distressing
Examples
« fearful slum conditions »
« a frightful mistake »
« suffered terrible thirst »
Synonyms
bad