|
|
1. (adj.) terrible
distressing; severe.
2. terrible
extremely bad; horrible.
3. terrible
exciting terror or great fear; dreadful; awful.
4. terrible
formidably great:
a terrible responsibility.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L terribilis=terr(ēre) to frighten +-ibilis -ible)
|
| Definition of 'terrible' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (adj) awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
causing fear or dread or terror
"the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
2. (adj) atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable
exceptionally bad or displeasing
"atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
3. (adj) severe, terrible, wicked
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
"severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough"
4. (adj) frightful, terrible, awful, tremendous
extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
"in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
|
|
|
1. (adjective) terrible
very bad
I've had a terrible day.; This is terrible news.; His new novel is terrible.
|
| Definition of 'terrible' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (adj) terrible
adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable
2. (adj) terrible
excessive; extreme; severe
|
|
|
Sense: very bad
a terrible singer; That music is terrible!
|
 Afrikaans: verskriklik |
 Arabic: سَيِّئ جدا |
 Bulgarian: ужасен |
 Brazilian: ruim |
 Czech: mizerný |
 German: schrecklich |
 Danish: forfærdelig; grusom |
 Greek: φοβερός, απαίσιος |
 Spanish: atroz, pésimo, horrible, |
 Estonian: kohutav, halb |
 Farsi: بد؛ مزخرف |
 Finnish: kauhea |
 French: atroce |
 Hebrew: נוֹרָא, אָיוֹם |
 Hindi: भयानक |
 Croatian: užasan, grozan |
 Hungarian: iszonyú |
 Indonesian: buruk |
 Icelandic: hræðilegur |
 Italian: orribile |
 Japanese: ひどい |
 Korean: 아주 서투른 |
 Lithuanian: baisus, siaubingas |
 Latvian: briesmīgs; šausmīgs |
 Malay: teruk |
 Dutch: verschrikkelijk |
 Norwegian: forferdelig, grusom |
 Polish: okropny |
 Persian: بد؛ مزخرف |
 Pashto: ډارووانكى، خطر ناكه، زورو |
 Portuguese: ruim |
 Romanian: groaznic |
 Russian: ужасный |
 Slovak: mizerný |
 Slovenian: grozen |
 Serbian: užasan |
 Swedish: förfärlig |
 Thai: ซึ่งแย่มาก |
 Turkish: berbat,çok kötü |
 Taiwanese: 很糟的，極壞的 |
 Ukrainian: жахливий |
 Urdu: بہت خراب |
 Vietnamese: tồi, chán |
 Chinese: 很糟的，极坏的 |
Get even more translations for terrible...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'terrible' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of terrible 
