terrible
adjective
[ ˈtɛrɪb(ə)l ]
• extremely bad or serious.
• "a terrible crime"
Similar:
dreadful,
awful,
appalling,
horrific,
horrifying,
horrible,
horrendous,
atrocious,
abominable,
abhorrent,
frightful,
fearful,
shocking,
hideous,
ghastly,
grim,
dire,
hateful,
unspeakable,
gruesome,
monstrous,
sickening,
heinous,
vile,
serious,
grave,
acute,
desperate,
grievous,
distressing,
lamentable,
egregious,
severe,
extreme,
intense,
excruciating,
agonizing,
unbearable,
intolerable,
unendurable,
insufferable,
very bad,
hopeless,
poor,
inadequate,
inferior,
unsatisfactory,
laughable,
substandard,
crummy,
pathetic,
pitiful,
useless,
lousy,
abysmal,
duff,
chronic,
poxy,
rubbish,
pants,
a load of pants,
chickenshit,
• causing or likely to cause terror; sinister.
• "the stranger gave a terrible smile"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘causing terror’): via French from Latin terribilis, from terrere ‘frighten’.
terrible twos
• a period in a child's social development (typically around the age of two years) which is associated with very defiant or unruly behaviour.
