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Meaning of terrible


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  terrible
      adj 1: causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an
             awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so
             direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of
             the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease
             it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling";
             "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible
             curse" [syn: {awful}, {dire}, {direful}, {dread(a)},
             {dreaded}, {dreadful}, {fearful}, {fearsome},
             {frightening}, {horrendous}, {horrific}, {terrible}]
      2: exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste";
         "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful
         manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting";
         "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" [syn:
         {atrocious}, {abominable}, {awful}, {dreadful}, {painful},
         {terrible}, {unspeakable}]
      3: intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or
         quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible
         cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked
         cough" [syn: {severe}, {terrible}, {wicked}]
      4: extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a
         frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money" [syn:
         {frightful}, {terrible}, {awful}, {tremendous}]


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