terrible

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈtɛɹəbəl/]

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1. terrible (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome

Example: The witch laid a terrible curse on him.

2. terrible (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Formidable, powerful.

Example: […]and there was even a party of the younger men who pretended to admire him, calling him a "true sea-dog," and "real old salt," and such-like names, and saying there was the sort of man that made England terrible at sea.

3. terrible (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Intense; extreme in degree or extent.

Example: He paid a terrible price for his life of drinking.

4. terrible (adv) — sense 4

Definition: In a terrible way; to a terrible extent; terribly; awfully.

Example: ‘Oh, terrible bad, sir, terrible deep the snow is,’ said the hedgehog.

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