terrible

Meaning of terrible

adjective
  1. Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome
    The witch gave him a terrible curse.
  2. Formidable, powerful.
  3. Intense; extreme in degree or extent.
    He paid a terrible price for his life of drinking.
  4. Unpleasant; disagreeable.
    The food was terrible, but it was free.
  5. Very bad; lousy.
    Whatever he thinks, he is a terrible driver.

adverb

In a terrible way; to a terrible extent; terribly; awfully.

Information about terrible

Hyphenation of terrible

ter-ri-ble

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • terrible is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

terrible synonyms

Meaning awful:

awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific

Meaning atrocious:

atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, unspeakable

Meaning severe:

severe, wicked

Meaning frightful:

frightful, awful, tremendous

terrible antonyms

Meaning :

excellent

Translation of terrible

Words that rhyme with terrible

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