terrible
Adjective Satellite
- causing fear or dread or terror
- "a terrible curse"
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
- "terrible handwriting"
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- "a terrible cough"
- extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
Adj
- Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome
- Formidable, powerful.
- Intense; extreme in degree or extent.
- Unpleasant; disagreeable.
- Very bad; lousy.
Adv
- In a terrible way; to a terrible extent; terribly; awfully.
Adjective
- Extremely bad; awful or dreadful.
Examples
- He paid a terrible price for his life of drinking.
- Making a terrible move in Scrabble can instantly change the game’s momentum.
- The food was terrible, but it was free.
- The witch laid a terrible curse on him.
- Whatever he thinks, he is a terrible driver.
Origin / Etymology
Inherited from Middle English terrible, from Old French terrible, from Latin terribilis (“frightful”), from terreō (“I frighten, terrify, alarm; I deter by terror, scare (away)”). Compare terror, deter. By surface analysis, terror + -ible.
Synonyms
abominable, atrocious, awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, frightful, horrendous, horrific, painful, severe, tremendous, unspeakable, wicked
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
terrible: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordterrible: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
terrible: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary