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English adjective: terrible | |||
| 1. | terrible causing fear or dread or terror | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific | ||
| Similar | alarming | ||
| Antonyms | unalarming | ||
| 2. | terrible exceptionally bad or displeasing | ||
| Samples | Atrocious taste. Abominable workmanship. An awful voice. Dreadful manners. A painful performance. Terrible handwriting. An unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room. | ||
| Synonyms | abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, unspeakable | ||
| Similar | bad | ||
| Antonyms | good | ||
| 3. | terrible intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality | ||
| Samples | Severe pain. A severe case of flu. A terrible cough. Under wicked fire from the enemy's guns. A wicked cough. | ||
| Synonyms | severe, wicked | ||
| Similar | intense | ||
| Antonyms | mild | ||
| 4. | terrible extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact | ||
| Samples | In a frightful hurry. Spent a frightful amount of money. | ||
| Synonyms | awful, frightful, tremendous | ||
| Similar | extraordinary | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
| Antonyms | ordinary | ||
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