terrible
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ter·ri·ble
(tĕr'ə-bəl) 
adj.
adj.
- Causing great fear or alarm; dreadful: a terrible bolt of lightning; a terrible curse.
- Extremely formidable: terrible responsibilities.
- Extreme in extent or degree; intense: "the life for which he had paid so terrible a price" (Leslie Fiedler).
- Unpleasant; disagreeable: had a terrible time at the party; terrible food.
- Very bad: a terrible actor.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin terribilis, from terrēre, to frighten.]
terribleness ter'ri·ble·ness n.Roget's Thesaurus:
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terrible
adjective
- Causing or able to cause fear: appalling, dire, direful, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, ghastly, redoubtable, scary, tremendous. See fear/courage.
- Extreme in degree, strength, or effect: desperate, fierce, furious, intense, vehement, violent. See big/small/amount, strong/weak.
- Very bad: appalling, awful, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, horrendous, horrible, shocking. See good/bad.
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terrible
adj
Definition: bad, horrible
Antonyms: good, great, nice, wonderful
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terrible
IN BRIEF: adj. - Causing fear or dread; Exceptionally bad or displeasing.
Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Terrible
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - rædsom, forfærdelig
Nederlands (Dutch)
verschrikkelijk, erg
Français (French)
adj. - terrible, épouvantable, très mal, qui se sent coupable, qui ne sied pas, invétéré, vraiment
Deutsch (German)
adj. - schrecklich, schlecht, schreckenerregend, furchtbar
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - τρομερός, φοβερός, απαίσιος
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - terrível, excessivo (coloq.), severo, desagradável, mau
Русский (Russian)
ужасный, внушающий страх, грозный (так, Иван Грозный)
Español (Spanish)
adj. - terrible, horrible, fatal
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förfärlig, förskräcklig, fruktansvärd
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
可怕的, 极坏的, 令人恐惧的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可怕的, 極壞的, 令人恐懼的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무서운, 격렬한, 대단한
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 恐ろしい, ひどい, ひどく悪い
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) شاق, عسير, فظيع, رهيب
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - איום, נורא, מזעזע, גרוע ביותר, מזופת
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