terrible

About 19.75 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Causing terror, alarm or fear; dreadful

   The witch laid a terrible curse on him.

2. adjective Formidable, powerful.
3. adjective Intense; extreme in degree or extent.

   He paid a terrible price for his life of drinking.

4. adjective Very unpleasant; disagreeable.

   The food was terrible, but it was free.

5. adjective Having extremely bad qualities; lousy.

   Whatever he thinks, he is a terrible driver.

6. adjective Prone to a particular temptation.

   He's a terrible man for beer.

7. adverb In a terrible way; to a terrible extent; terribly; awfully.

Similar words

dreadful direful horrific dreaded dread atrocious horrendous fearful fearsome frightening

Often followed by

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Word family

terribleness terriblenesses