Meaning

6 senses
  1. Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome

    The witch laid a terrible curse on him.

    schrecklich

    ужа́сныйužásnyj, стра́шныйstrášnyj, жу́ткийžútkij

    жахли́вийžaxlývyj, страшни́йstrašnýj

    causing fear or dread or terror

  2. Formidable, powerful.

    гро́зныйgróznyj

    грі́знийhríznyj

  3. Intense; extreme in degree or extent.

    He paid a terrible price for his life of drinking.

    ужа́сныйužásnyj

    extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact

  4. Very unpleasant; disagreeable.

    The food was terrible, but it was free.

    furchtbar

    ужа́сныйužásnyj

  5. Very bad; lousy.

    Whatever he thinks, he is a terrible driver.

    furchtbar, miserabel

    ужа́сныйužásnyj

    exceptionally bad or displeasing

  6. (Ireland, especially)Prone to a particular temptation.

    He's a terrible man for beer.

Examples

1298 sentences
  1. Something terrible is about to happen.

    Зараз трапиться щось жахливе.

    ruДолжно произойти что-то ужасное.

    deEtwas Schreckliches wird geschehen.

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  2. I got terrible grades this term.

    Я отримав жахливі оцінки у цьому семестрі.

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  3. I just made a terrible mistake.

    Я щойно зробив жахливу помилку.

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  4. I thought it was a terrible idea.

    Я думав, що це жахлива ідея.

    ruЯ подумал, что это ужасная идея.

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  5. Tom said some terrible things to Mary.

    Том сказав Мері жахливі речі.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
dreadful; causing alarm or fear:
most formidable:
Русский
By meaning 2
dreadful; causing alarm or fear:
most formidable:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
dreadful; causing alarm or fear:
very unpleasant:
very bad:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English terrible, from Old French terrible, from Latin terribilis (“

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.

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Forms

terribler/more terrible, terriblest/most terrible

Synonyms

19 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
very bad:excellentA1

Word family

16 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • is a terrible
  • had a terrible
  • a terrible mistake
  • terrible thing
  • a terrible experience
  • a terrible thing
  • something terrible
  • terrible mistake
  • made a terrible
  • a terrible idea
  • a terrible dancer
  • feel terrible about

See also

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