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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
creating terror, fear, or horror.
He'd woken up from a terrible dream and feared going back to sleep.Reporters are charged with describing these terrible events.- synonyms:
- fearful, frightening, horrific, terrifying
- similar words:
- atrocious, awful, dire, dread, dreadful, formidable, ghastly, grim, harrowing, horrendous, horrible, macabre, nasty, redoubtable, tremendous
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| definition 2: |
extreme; severe.
I had a terrible case of the flu last year.The islands were hit by a terrible storm.She was in terrible pain from the accident.- synonyms:
- extreme, fierce, severe
- antonyms:
- slight
- similar words:
- bad, brutal, dire, foul, harsh, insufferable, intense, monstrous, mortal, nasty, rough, strong
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| definition 3: |
extremely bad; unpleasant; unacceptable.
Most of the critics agreed that it was a terrible film.What is that terrible smell?!Don't go to that restaurant. The food is terrible.- synonyms:
- atrocious, awful
- antonyms:
- delightful, excellent
- similar words:
- abysmal, almighty, appalling, bad, dreadful, ghastly, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, lousy, nasty, obnoxious, odious, pathetic, repulsive, revolting, rotten, unacceptable, unpleasant
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| related words: |
disastrous, dismal, gruesome, inferior, inhuman, lousy, lurid, miserable, putrid, shameful, woeful |
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| derivations: |
terribly (adv.), terribleness (n.) |
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