terrible
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1.0
- adjective
- /ˈtɛrɪbəl/
:
horrible
- The storm caused terrible damage to the houses in the area.
- a terrible mistake
- feel terrible
- terrible pain
I was just feeling so terrible then.
- I was just feeling so terrible then.
- Oh my God there was that terrible Jamie movie.
- Truth, she thought, as terrible as death, but harder to find.
- But there's a price, a terrible price that has to be paid.
- You were downtrodden, you've had a terrible day, you are exhausted.
- So it's, it's just terrible what they're experiencing.
- All of this is terrible and it hurts and it's real.
- Well, I think we're terrible at knowledge work, right?
- So let's go through the most terrible to the least.
- I just had this terrible idea to try this color.
- Good things happen to horrible people and terrible things happen to angels.
- Brandon was doing all of these posts in terrible situations.
- Night in this land was terrible enough, but day?
Examples
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It was a terrible mess.
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Oh, my God, that is a terrible accent.
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I was just feeling so terrible then.
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And we, we all see the terrible news coming from there.
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So it was just this like very terrible dark cycle for me.
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And they probably feel terrible about that now.
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I was having terrible dreams.
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There was this terrible noise.
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A terrible accident will happen.
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He is a terrible role model for the kids.
Synonyms
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1.5
Very bad or frightening in a way that makes you feel upset
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1.0
Very bad or unpleasant and causing dislike
562
4.1
Very bad or mean and not liked by people
176
7.5
Very bad or of low quality
160
1.0
Very bad and unpleasant to experience
136
3.7
Very bad and unpleasant, often causing fear or shock
126
3.5
Causing very great harm, suffering, or failure
89
3.9
Too painful or unpleasant to stand
82
7.0
Very shocking and scary, causing fear or disgust
65
4.3
Very serious and obvious, showing a large fault or failure
58
7.2
Too terrible to describe in words
56
6.7
Low quality and unpleasant
54
3.9
So bad or weak that people feel angry and look down on it
52
4.1
A very unpleasant thing that shocks or disgusts you
50
2.8
A very small amount or poor quality
42
3.1
A very bad or painful condition, for example during illness
38
6.8
Very bad and unacceptable, deserving strong criticism
25
7.1
Very bad or of poor quality
24
7.2
Very bad or morally wrong so people strongly dislike it
23
9.3
Very bad or disappointing to experience
19
7.0
Being very bad and of low quality
16
8.4
Very bad and unpleasant
14
5.7
In very bad condition and of very poor quality
7
4.2
Very bad or unpleasant in a strong way
7
9.9
Very bad or disappointing
4
8.2
Very bad and unpleasant, of poor quality
4
5.5
Very bad in quality or condition
3
9.0
Very bad or difficult and hard to deal with
1
8.4
Very bad and disappointing to experience
1
7.4
Very unpleasant to see, smell, taste, or touch
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Morphology
Etymology
Terrible comes from the Latin terrere 'to frighten', but people began using it for things that are simply very bad or serious. That's why today terrible can mean 'extremely bad' as well as 'frightening'.