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terrific

  (tə-rĭf'ĭk) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Very good or fine; splendid: a terrific tennis player.
  2. Awesome; astounding: drove at a terrific rate of speed.
  3. Causing terror or great fear; terrifying: a terrific wail.
  4. Very bad or unpleasant; frightful: a terrific headache.

[Latin terrificus : terrēre, to frighten + -ficus, -fic.]

terrifically ter·rif'i·cal·ly adv.
 
 
Thesaurus: terrific

adjective

  1. Causing great horror: bloodcurdling, hair-raising, horrible, horrid, horrific. See fear/courage.
  2. Exceptionally good of its kind: ace, banner, blue-ribbon, brag, capital, champion, excellent, fine1, first-class, first-rate, prime, quality, splendid, superb, superior, tiptop, top. Informal A-one, bully, dandy, great, swell, topflight, topnotch. Slang boss. Chiefly British tophole. See good/bad.
  3. Particularly excellent: divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, marvelous, sensational, splendid, superb, wonderful. Informal dandy, dreamy, great, ripping, super, swell, tremendous. Slang cool, groovy, hot, keen1, neat, nifty. Idioms: out of this world. See good/bad.

 
Antonyms: terrific

adj

Definition: intense
Antonyms: calm, moderate

adj

Definition: wonderful
Antonyms: bad, inferior, low, nasty, poor


 
WordNet: terrific
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: very great or intense

Meaning #2: extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers
  Synonyms: fantastic, howling, marvelous, marvellous, rattling, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous

Meaning #3: causing extreme terror
  Synonym: terrifying


 
Translations: Translations for: Terrific

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - frygtelig, skrækindjagende, gevaldig, enorm

Nederlands (Dutch)
geweldig

Français (French)
adj. - énorme, épouvantable, violent, fou, terrible, acharné, formidable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - großartig, toll, unwahrscheinlich, schrecklich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - τρομερός, (καθομ.) εκπληκτικός, καταπληκτικός

Italiano (Italian)
formidabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ótimo, tremendo, espetacular

Русский (Russian)
(эмоц. усил.) необычайный, потрясающий, колоссальный, производящий огромное впечатление, ужасающий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - tremendo, increíble, espantoso, bárbaro, fantástico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fruktansvärd, förfärlig, enorm, oerhörd

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
非常的, 可怕的, 极端的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 非常的, 可怕的, 極端的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무서운, 지독한, 아주 멋진

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - すばらしい, すごい, 恐ろしい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) رائع, ردئ جدا, مروع, رهيب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮איום, נורא, מצויין, גדול, עצום, כביר, משגע‬


 
 

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