Adjective: terrible tehr-u-bul or te-ru-bul [N. Amer], te-ru-bul [Brit]
- Exceptionally bad or displeasing
"terrible handwriting";
- atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, unspeakable, horrible
- Causing fear, dread or terror
"a terrible curse";
- awful, dire, direful [archaic], dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific
- Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
"a terrible cough";
- severe, wicked [informal]
- Extreme in degree, extent, amount or impact
"in a terrible hurry";
- frightful, awful, tremendous
See also: alarming, bad, extraordinary, intense
Encyclopedia: Terrible