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terrible meaning

EN[ˈtɛ.ɹə.bl̩] [ˈtɛ.ɹɪ.bl̩]
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WTerrible
  • Terrible may refer to:
  • French ship Le Terrible, sixteen ships of the French Navy
  • HMS Terrible, eight British Royal Navy ships
  • The Terrible, the ship used by privateer William Death in 1756
  • Herbst Gaming, a family-owned casino and slot route operator operating under the name Terrible's
  • Terrible's Hotel and Casino, Paradise, Nevada
FR terrible

    Definition of terrible in English Dictionary

  • AdjectiveCOMterriblerCOMmore terribleSUPterriblestSUPmost terriblePREter-SUF-ible
    1. Dreadful; causing alarm and fear.
      1. The witch gave him a terrible curse. ‎
    2. Formidable, powerful.
      1. Intense; extreme in degree or extent.
        1. ‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?
      2. Unpleasant; disagreeable.
        1. To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.
      3. Very bad; lousy.
        1. The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek.
    3. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • You committed terrible actions — to wit, murder and theft — and should be punished accordingly.
        • There was a terrible animated logo on the splash page.
        • was on a winning streak until the fourth game, where I was dealt terrible cards. ‎
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Adjectives
      Related Links:
      1. fr terrible
      2. en terribley
      3. en terribler
      4. fr terribles
      5. fr terriblement
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of terrible for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "terrible" is an adjective.
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