terrible meaning
EN[ˈtɛ.ɹə.bl̩] [ˈtɛ.ɹɪ.bl̩]US
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
- AdjectiveCOMterriblerCOMmore terribleSUPterriblestSUPmost terriblePREter-SUF-ible
- Dreadful; causing alarm and fear.
- The witch gave him a terrible curse.
- Formidable, powerful.
- Intense; extreme in degree or extent.
- ‘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?
- Unpleasant; disagreeable.
- To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.
- Very bad; lousy.
- 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.
- Dreadful; causing alarm and fear.
- More Examples
- 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.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of terrible in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Adjectives
- fr terrible
- en terribley
- en terribler
- fr terribles
- fr terriblement
Source: Wiktionary