'Terrible' definitions:
Definition of 'terrible'
From: WordNet
adjective
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, terrible]
adjective
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, terrible, unspeakable]
adjective
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, terrible, wicked]
adjective
Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money" [syn: frightful, terrible, awful, tremendous]
Definition of 'Terrible'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Prudent in peace, and terrible in war. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible. --Deut. vii. 21. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- The terrible coldness of the season. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Terrific; fearful; frightful; formidable; dreadful; horrible; shocking; awful. [1913 Webster] -- {Ter"ri*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ter"ri*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'terrible'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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