Terrible
['terɪb(ə)l] or ['tɛrəbl]
Definition
(a.) Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable.
(a.) Excessive; extreme; severe.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Frightful, horrible, dreadful, formidable, REDOUBTABLE, fearful, GREWSOME, terrific, awful, dread, dire, tremendous.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Awful, fearful, dreadful, formidable, terrific, frightful, tremendous,horrible, shocking
ANT:In_formidable, unastounding, unstartling, unastonishing
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Definition
adj. fitted to excite terror or awe: awful: dreadful.—ns. Terr′ible-in′fant an inconveniently outspoken child—the Fr. enfant terrible; Terr′ibleness state of being terrible: terror dread.—adv. Terr′ibly.
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Examples
- Everything that arose before his mind drifted him on, faster and faster, more and more steadily, to the terrible attraction. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I could not help saying, If you were a wicked, designing man, how terrible would all this be! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Magical and terrible things like the telegraph and the railway arrived. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Gerald's father had looked wistful, to break the heart: but not this last terrible look of cold, mute Matter. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Why do you want to put me under such terrible obligations? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- That's the terrible part of it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Papa felt so acutely--you know you are not strong, and there must have been such terrible suspense to go through. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She had put on a dress of stiff old greenish brocade, that fitted tight and made her look tall and rather terrible, ghastly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- For an instant she sat up, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes blazing from under the terrible mark upon her brow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I never understood it from Aunt Shaw; I only knew he could not come back to England because of that terrible affair. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It's a terrible thing, Joe; it ain't true. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- For the repeal of your terrible law--the Orders you hate so much. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- An evil magistrate, intrusted with power to _punish for words_, would be armed with a weapon the most destructive and terrible. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- If he were another of the wild denizens of this terrible forest what might he not do to claim her? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A suggestive application of the terrible power of these explosives is in submarine mines. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It would be a terrible catastrophe should such a thing happen, for not one of us could hope to escape. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I will do what I can, Drusilla, to please you, with a look of surprise, which was at once instructive and terrible to see. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Oh, shocking--terrible! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It was terrible to think of again encountering those bearded, sneering simpletons; yet the ground must be retraced, and the steps sought out. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There was a stage, that evening, when she spoke collectedly of what had happened, though with a certain terrible vivacity. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And I myself,' he added, 'actually saw this terrible sight. Plato. The Republic.
- It was something terrible and deadly. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Horsemen were streaming off in every direction, and the clatter of empty wagons being driven off almost drowned the sound of that terrible singing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The historian says: Ruffians, hired by Fulbert, fell upon Abelard by night, and inflicted upon him a terrible and nameless mutilation. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I felt terrible when we started. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I cannot say with truth that the terrible inference which those words suggested flashed upon me like a new revelation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Herncastle's fiery temper had been, as I could plainly see, exasperated to a kind of frenzy by the terrible slaughter through which we had passed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But the terrible certainty of his words remained the same. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- For two weeks no word has come back from them, but rumours were rife that they had met with a terrible disaster and that all were dead. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- If it did, the loss of life would be terrible. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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