terrible meaning and definition

TERRIBLE adjective

Definition of terrible (adjective)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific
2. 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"
   • synonyms: abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, unspeakable
3. 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"
   • synonyms: severe, wicked
4. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
   • "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
   • synonyms: awful, frightful, tremendous