terrible

(tĕr'ə-bəl)
adj.

1. Causing great fear or alarm; dreadful: a terrible bolt of lightning; a terrible curse.
2. Extremely formidable: terrible responsibilities.
3. Extreme in extent or degree; intense: "the life for which he had paid so terrible a price" (Leslie Fiedler).
4. 1. Unpleasant; disagreeable: had a terrible time at the party; terrible food.
   2. Very bad: a terrible actor.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin terribilis, from terrēre, to frighten.]

terribleness ter'ri·ble·ness n.

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adjective

1. Causing or able to cause fear: appalling, dire, direful, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, ghastly, redoubtable, scary, tremendous. See fear/courage.
2. Extreme in degree, strength, or effect: desperate, fierce, furious, intense, vehement, violent. See big/small/amount, strong/weak.
3. Very bad: appalling, awful, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, horrendous, horrible, shocking. See good/bad.

adj

Definition: bad, horrible
Antonyms: good, great, nice, wonderful

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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• Ugly, unattractive, or malformed
• Bad, False, Evil, Insincere, or Dishonest

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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

Italiano (Italian)
terribile

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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