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terrible |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Terrible \Ter"ri*ble\, a. [F., fr L. terribilis fr terrere to frighten. See {Terror}.] 1. Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable. Prudent in peace, and terrible in war. --Prior. Thou shalt not be affrighted at them for the Lord thy God is among you a mighty God and terrible. --Deut. vii. 21. 2. Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.] The terrible coldness of the season. --Clarendon. Syn: Terrific; fearful; frightful; formidable; dreadful; horrible; shocking; awful. -- {Ter"ri*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ter"ri*bly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: terrible adj 1: 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" [syn: {awful}, {dire}, {direful}, {dread(a)}, {dreaded}, {dreadful}, {fearful}, {fearsome}, {frightening}, {horrendous}, {horrific}] 2: 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" [syn: {atrocious}, {abominable}, {awful}, {dreadful}, {painful}, {unspeakable}] 3: 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" [syn: {severe}, {wicked}] 4: extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"; "suffered terrible thirst" [syn: {fearful}, {frightful}]
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