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terrible

ter·ri·ble

terrible

 
 
pronunciation:
te rih bl
features:
Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: 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
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
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
Word Combinations  About this feature
(adj.)terrible + noun accident, agony, atrocity, beating, betrayal, bind, blow, blunder, burden, burn, clarity, claw, cold, consequence, cough, crash, crime, cry, curse, damage, deed, dictator, dilemma, disappointment, disaster, disservice, distraction, dread, drought, emptiness, epidemic, famine, fate, fever, flood, fright, fury, guilt, happening, hardship, hatred, headache, hunger, hurry, injustice, insult, irony, liar, lizard, loneliness, longing, loss, massacre, mess, misfortune, mistake, misunderstanding, monster, nightmare, noise, ordeal, pain, pity, plague, plight, precedent, pun, punishment, racket, rage, roar, sacrifice, sadness, saga, scar, scream, secret, setback, shame, shape, shock, sickness, sin, situation, slump, smell, sorrow, spell, stench, stink, suffering, temper, thing, thirst, timing, toll, torture, tragedy, trauma, vengeance, void, wound [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivations: terribly (adv.), terribleness (n.)