terrible

CEFRA2

/ˈtɛɹəbəl/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Very bad or unpleasant.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Formidable, powerful.

Examples

  • The weather was terrible but we carried on regardless.

  • A terrible fate awaited him.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [ˈtɛɹəbl̩]
  • /ˈteɹəbəl/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Intense; extreme in degree or extent.

  2. Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome

  3. Very unpleasant; disagreeable.

More examples

In context

  • I feel terrible about my mistake.

  • He paid a terrible price for his life of drinking.

  • The food was terrible, but it was free.

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Origin

adjective

Middle English terrible English terrible Inherited from Middle English terrible, from Old French terrible, from Latin terribilis (“frightful”), from terreō (“to frighten, terrify, alarm; to deter by terror, scare (away)”). Compare terror, deter. By surface analysis, terror + -ible. Displaced Old English atol and sliþe, while also largely overtaking grimm.