terrible

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative

terribler

Superlative

terriblest

Adverb

Adverb

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A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

Comparative

more terrible

Superlative

most terrible

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

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

   • The witch laid a terrible curse on him.

2. 2.Formidable, powerful.

   • "He is the right sort of man for a labourer, but he is a terrible eater, to be sure," thought the farmer.

3. 3.Intense; extreme in degree or extent.

   • He paid a terrible price for his life of drinking.

4. 4.Very unpleasant; disagreeable.

   • The food was terrible, but it was free.
   • To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.

Adverb

Adverb

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A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

1. 1.In a terrible way; to a terrible extent; terribly; awfully.(colloquial)

   • ‘Oh, terrible bad, sir, terrible deep the snow is,’ said the hedgehog.

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Synonyms

• awful