terrible
Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome
Example
“The witch laid a terrible curse on him.”
Other meanings
Formidable, powerful.
Intense; extreme in degree or extent.
“He paid a terrible price for his life of drinking.”
Related words
- amphoterrible
- nonterrible
- terribad
- terribleness
- unterrible
- something terrible
- terrible infant
- terrible lizard
- Terrible Towel
- terrible twos
- terribly
Word history
From Latin "terribilis" (frightful).
Where this comes from
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