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ter⋅ri⋅ble

  [ter-uh-buhl]
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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 ME < L terribilis, equiv. to terr(ēre) to frighten + -ibilis -ible

Related forms:
ter⋅ri⋅ble⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
3. fearful, frightful, appalling, dire, horrible, horrifying, terrifying, horrendous, horrid.
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ter·ri·ble   (těr'ə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Causing great fear or alarm; dreadful: a terrible bolt of lightning; a terrible curse.

  2. Extremely formidable: terrible responsibilities.

  3. Extreme in extent or degree; intense: "the life for which he had paid so terrible a price" (Leslie Fiedler).

    1. Unpleasant; disagreeable: had a terrible time at the party; terrible food.

    2. Very bad: a terrible actor.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin terribilis, from terrēre, to frighten.]
ter'ri·ble·ness n.
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