terrible

terrible
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. terrifying, dreadful; awesome, appalling, frightful, horrible, shocking, fearful, alarming; informal, excessive. See fear.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Inspiring terror]
Syn. terrifying, frightening, appalling, fearful, awesome, horrifying, ghastly, awe-inspiring, petrifying, revolting, gruesome, shocking, unnerving; see also frightful 1 .
Ant. happy*, joyful, pleasant.
2. [Unwelcome]
Syn. unfortunate, disastrous, inconvenient, disturbing, atrocious*, lousy*; see also offensive 2 .
Ant. welcome*, good, attractive.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. bad awful, lousy, inferior, *crappy, horrible, appalling, objectionable, disagreeable, *rotten, revolting, atrocious, dreadful, poor.
2. frightful terrifying, fearful, dreadful, harrowing, horrifying, horrific, distressing.
3. extreme severe, intense, acute, fierce.
ANT.: 1. excellent, great, wonderful. 2. reassuring, encouraging, comforting. 3. mild, light, moderate
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Causing or able to cause fear: appalling, dire, direful, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, ghastly, redoubtable, scary, tremendous. See FEAR. 2. Extreme in degree, strength, or effect: desperate, fierce, furious, intense, vehement, violent. See BIG, STRONG. 3. Very bad: appalling, awful, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, horrendous, horrible, shocking. See GOOD.

English dictionary for students. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу
Synonyms:
, , , , , , , , , , , / , , , / , , ,


Look at other dictionaries:

  • terrible — [ teribl ] adj. • 1160; lat. terribilis 1 ♦ (Choses) Qui inspire de la terreur (1o), qui amène ou peut amener de grands malheurs. ⇒ effrayant, redoutable, terrifiant. Cauchemar terrible. ⇒ affreux (1o). Une terrible maladie. « Un mal soudain et… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • terrible — adjetivo 1. (antepuesto / pospuesto) Que produce terror, o que puede acarrear grandes males: Anoche tuve una terrible pesadilla. Éste ha sido un año terrible para la economía española. El cáncer es una terrible enfermedad. Sinónimo: espantoso,… …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • terrible — terrible, terribly have gone the way of other words of this type, such as awful / awfully, dreadful / dreadfully, frightful / frightfully; that is, terrible intensifies something by definition bad (a terrible mistake) and terribly intensifies… …   Modern English usage

  • terrible — Terrible. adj. de t. g. Qui donne de la terreur. Les jugements de Dieu sont terribles. l heure de la mort est terrible. Il signifie fig. Estonnant, extraordinaire, tant en bonne qu en mauvaise part. Il a une terrible memoire, il retient tout ce… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Terrible — Ter ri*ble, a. [F., fr. L. terribilis, fr. terrere to frighten. See {Terror}.] 1. Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable. [1913 Webster] Prudent in peace, and terrible in war. Prior. [1913 Webster] Thou shalt not… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Terrible — may refer to:*The French ship Le Terrible of the French Navy, of which there have been sixteen. *Eight ships of the English Royal Navy named HMS Terrible since 1694 …   Wikipedia

  • Terrible — bezeichnet mehrere Schiffe dieses Namens, siehe HMS Terrible als Kampfname den Boxer Tim Witherspoon Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • terrible — early 15c., causing terror, frightful, from O.Fr. terrible (12c.), from L. terribilis frightful, from terrere fill with fear, from PIE root *tres to tremble (Cf. Skt. trasati trembles, Avestan tarshta feared, revered, Gk. treëin to tremble, Lith …   Etymology dictionary

  • terrible — index deplorable, dire, formidable, gross (flagrant), heinous, lamentable, loathsome, nefarious …   Law dictionary

  • terrible — terrific, frightful, dreadful, *fearful, awful, horrible, horrific, shocking, appalling Analogous words: frightening, alarming, startling (see FRIGHTEN): agitating, upsetting, disturbing, perturbing (see DISCOMPOSE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • terrible — [adj] bad, horrible abhorrent, appalling, atrocious, awe inspiring, awesome, awful, beastly, dangerous, desperate, dire, disastrous, disturbing, dread, dreaded, dreadful, extreme, fearful, frightful, ghastly, gruesome, harrowing, hateful, hideous …   New thesaurus

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”