terrible

(s) causing fear or dread or terror
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, awful, dire, fearful, horrific,
(s) exceptionally bad or displeasing
- atrocious taste
- abominable workmanship
- an awful voice
- dreadful manners
- a painful performance
- terrible handwriting
- an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
awful, abominable, atrocious, dreadful, unspeakable, painful,
(s) intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- severe pain
- a severe case of flu
- a terrible cough
- under wicked fire from the enemy's guns
- a wicked cough
severe, wicked,
(s) extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
- in a frightful hurry
- spent a frightful amount of money
frightful, tremendous, awful,

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terribly

terribleness