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adjective
1.
distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
2.
extremely bad; horrible: terrible coffee; a terrible movie.
3.
exciting terror, awe, or great fear; dreadful; awful.
4.
formidably great: a terrible responsibility.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin terribilis, equivalent to terr(ēre) to frighten + -ibilis -ible
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin terribilis, equivalent to terr(ēre) to frighten + -ibilis -ible
Related forms
ter·ri·ble·ness, noun
un·ter·ri·ble, adjective
Synonyms
3. fearful, frightful, appalling, dire, horrible, horrifying, terrifying, horrendous, horrid.
3. fearful, frightful, appalling, dire, horrible, horrifying, terrifying, horrendous, horrid.
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Word Origin & History
terrible
early 15c., "causing terror, frightful," from O.Fr. terrible (12c.), from L. terribilis "frightful," from terrere "fill with fear," from PIE base *tres- "to tremble" (cf. Skt. trasati "trembles," Avestan tarshta "feared, revered," Gk. treëin "to tremble," Lith. triseti "to tremble," O.C.S. treso
EXPAND"I shake," M.Ir. tarrach "timid"). Weakened sense of "very bad, awful" is first attested 1590s.
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