Definition of terrific in English:

terrific

adjective təˈrɪfɪktəˈrɪfɪk

1Of great size, amount, or intensity.
there was a terrific bang
Example sentencesExamples
- Why is there this terrific increase in demand for pellets?
- She lasted 16 hours with terrific injuries and the staff were nothing but kind and considerate.
- One day a golf course I built in Arkansas flooded, and there was a terrific amount of damage.
- The law was passed in the wake of terrific scandals involving railroads and other corporate titans.
- The same goes for De Niro, who plays his part with such terrific intensity.
- There was a terrific demand for the bins and we had to queue over an hour to get ours.
- An hour later we were caught in a terrific thunder storm - lightning, torrential rain, the works.
- At midnight I could hear in my bed the terrific gusts and the sounds of a driving deluge.
- There has always been a terrific amount of keeping up with the Joneses.
- There was a terrific, deafening crash, and a dazzling flash of intense red light.
- I was surprised how well it went at Sandown and it was a terrific effort by the team, considering they had a huge repair job to do after the last round.
- With a terrific bang, he drives the hammer into some kind of post to send it further into the ground.
- A York amateur astronomer also said his room was lit up as a huge object moved across the sky at terrific speed.
- The Yacht pub in Clontarf was buzzing at midnight last night and strong drink was being consumed at a terrific rate.
- This was a historic night and nobody at OUABC was hiding the fact that this event was a huge milestone of terrific importance.
- W. H. Hudson comments on the gauchos' terrific waste of meat, excess being fed to the dogs by the barrowload.
- Bacon demand from seaside towns is terrific, because Mr and Mrs John Bull will have bacon and eggs for breakfast when on holiday.
- In the final the large crowd was enthralled by a game of intense skill and terrific excitement.
- As the lights go down strobe lighting and terrific claps of thunder herald the storm.
- I was extremely sensitive to light and sound, I had terrific migraine headaches and my hormones seemed to have gone awry.
Synonyms
tremendous, huge, massive, gigantic, colossal, mighty, great, very great, very big, prodigious, formidable, sizeable, considerable
intense, extreme, extraordinary, excessive, inordinate
informal mega, whopping, whopping great, humongous
British informal whacking, whacking great, ginormous
1. 1.1informal Extremely good; excellent.
  it's been such a terrific day
  you look terrific
  Example sentencesExamples
  There was a tremendous atmosphere and it was a terrific surface to play on.
  The movie is terrific and really almost perfectly captures the feeling of what it was like to sit in a theater and watch the show.
  It would be a building within a building, which is terrific for minimizing sound spillage.
  It sounded like a terrific idea, but somehow got extremely muddled along the way.
  The intense flavor of dried mushrooms makes them a terrific seasoning ingredient.
  The Jaguar's sound system is terrific too, but it should be, this is a luxury car.
  Both performers are terrific and earn an enormous amount of audience goodwill.
  One of the major attractions of the day will be the hundreds of terrific children's books for sale at very reasonable prices.
  The culture shock was huge when I went first but the weather is terrific.
  The last few months, we've had some terrific live appearances by some great musical artist.
  In the south of France a wonderful woman supervises another terrific restaurant, the Hostellerie Jerome in La Turbie.
  He is an excellent tackler with terrific instincts and the speed to chase down plays.
  I've had a tremendous time there and made some terrific friends on and off the pitch and it's sad to be leaving them behind.
  It's a terrific work, and shows a huge architectural reach as well as great power.
  The jazz-flavored score sounds terrific and most of the dialogue can be heard.
  Tamoszius is a terrific fiddler, and able to make a nice amount of money playing at local parties.
  I would love to come back sometime because it's a terrific club full of lovely people.
  It's a huge game and it would be terrific to put two wins together in a row.
  The night was a terrific celebration of the past five years and many wonderful memories were revived.
  She said the friends she and her husband Eugene have met have been terrific and the children absolutely wonderful.
  Synonyms
  excellent, wonderful, marvellous, magnificent, superb, splendid, glorious, sublime, lovely, delightful, first-class, first-rate, outstanding
  consummate, perfect
  informal super, great, smashing, amazing, amazeballs, fantastic, tremendous, phenomenal, sensational, incredible, heavenly, divine, stellar, gorgeous, dreamy, grand, fabulous, fab, fabby, fantabulous, brill, awesome, magic, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, ace, crack, cool, mean, bad, wicked, mega, crucial, mind-blowing, far out, A1, sound, out of this world, marvy, spanking, dope, def, phat
  British informal brilliant, brill, bosting
  North American informal peachy, dandy, jim-dandy, neat, badass, boss, radical, rad, boffo, bully, bitching, bodacious, crackerjack
  US informal on fleek
  Australian/New Zealand informal beaut, bonzer
  South African informal kif, lank
  informal, dated groovy
  British informal, dated capital, champion, wizard, corking, cracking, ripping, spiffing, top-hole, topping, beezer
  North American informal, dated swell, keen
  vulgar slang shit-hot
  archaic goodly
2archaic Causing terror.
his body presented a terrific emblem of death
Synonyms
dreadful, terrible, appalling, awful, horrific, horrible, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, grim, ghastly, gruesome, frightful, fearful

Origin

Mid 17th century (in sense 2): from Latin terrificus, from terrere 'frighten'.

Rhymes

anaglyphic, beatific, calorific, colorific, hieroglyphic, honorific, horrific, Indo-Pacific, pacific, prolific, scientific, soporific, specific, transpacific, triglyphic

Definition of terrific in US English:

terrific

adjectivetəˈrifiktəˈrɪfɪk

1Of great size, amount, or intensity.
there was a terrific bang
Example sentencesExamples
- With a terrific bang, he drives the hammer into some kind of post to send it further into the ground.
- The law was passed in the wake of terrific scandals involving railroads and other corporate titans.
- At midnight I could hear in my bed the terrific gusts and the sounds of a driving deluge.
- W. H. Hudson comments on the gauchos' terrific waste of meat, excess being fed to the dogs by the barrowload.
- I was extremely sensitive to light and sound, I had terrific migraine headaches and my hormones seemed to have gone awry.
- There was a terrific demand for the bins and we had to queue over an hour to get ours.
- The same goes for De Niro, who plays his part with such terrific intensity.
- She lasted 16 hours with terrific injuries and the staff were nothing but kind and considerate.
- One day a golf course I built in Arkansas flooded, and there was a terrific amount of damage.
- There was a terrific, deafening crash, and a dazzling flash of intense red light.
- An hour later we were caught in a terrific thunder storm - lightning, torrential rain, the works.
- There has always been a terrific amount of keeping up with the Joneses.
- A York amateur astronomer also said his room was lit up as a huge object moved across the sky at terrific speed.
- Bacon demand from seaside towns is terrific, because Mr and Mrs John Bull will have bacon and eggs for breakfast when on holiday.
- I was surprised how well it went at Sandown and it was a terrific effort by the team, considering they had a huge repair job to do after the last round.
- The Yacht pub in Clontarf was buzzing at midnight last night and strong drink was being consumed at a terrific rate.
- In the final the large crowd was enthralled by a game of intense skill and terrific excitement.
- This was a historic night and nobody at OUABC was hiding the fact that this event was a huge milestone of terrific importance.
- As the lights go down strobe lighting and terrific claps of thunder herald the storm.
- Why is there this terrific increase in demand for pellets?
Synonyms
tremendous, huge, massive, gigantic, colossal, mighty, great, very great, very big, prodigious, formidable, sizeable, considerable
1. 1.1informal Extremely good; excellent.
  it's been such a terrific day
  you look terrific
  Example sentencesExamples
  The last few months, we've had some terrific live appearances by some great musical artist.
  The intense flavor of dried mushrooms makes them a terrific seasoning ingredient.
  I've had a tremendous time there and made some terrific friends on and off the pitch and it's sad to be leaving them behind.
  One of the major attractions of the day will be the hundreds of terrific children's books for sale at very reasonable prices.
  In the south of France a wonderful woman supervises another terrific restaurant, the Hostellerie Jerome in La Turbie.
  He is an excellent tackler with terrific instincts and the speed to chase down plays.
  The movie is terrific and really almost perfectly captures the feeling of what it was like to sit in a theater and watch the show.
  The Jaguar's sound system is terrific too, but it should be, this is a luxury car.
  It would be a building within a building, which is terrific for minimizing sound spillage.
  She said the friends she and her husband Eugene have met have been terrific and the children absolutely wonderful.
  There was a tremendous atmosphere and it was a terrific surface to play on.
  It sounded like a terrific idea, but somehow got extremely muddled along the way.
  Tamoszius is a terrific fiddler, and able to make a nice amount of money playing at local parties.
  The night was a terrific celebration of the past five years and many wonderful memories were revived.
  It's a huge game and it would be terrific to put two wins together in a row.
  I would love to come back sometime because it's a terrific club full of lovely people.
  It's a terrific work, and shows a huge architectural reach as well as great power.
  The culture shock was huge when I went first but the weather is terrific.
  Both performers are terrific and earn an enormous amount of audience goodwill.
  The jazz-flavored score sounds terrific and most of the dialogue can be heard.
  Synonyms
  excellent, wonderful, marvellous, magnificent, superb, splendid, glorious, sublime, lovely, delightful, first-class, first-rate, outstanding
2archaic Causing terror.
Synonyms
dreadful, terrible, appalling, awful, horrific, horrible, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, grim, ghastly, gruesome, frightful, fearful

Origin

Mid 17th century (in terrific (sense 2)): from Latin terrificus, from terrere ‘frighten’.

单词	terrific
释义	Definition of terrific in English: terrific adjective təˈrɪfɪktəˈrɪfɪk 1Of great size, amount, or intensity. there was a terrific bang Example sentencesExamples Why is there this terrific increase in demand for pellets? She lasted 16 hours with terrific injuries and the staff were nothing but kind and considerate. One day a golf course I built in Arkansas flooded, and there was a terrific amount of damage. The law was passed in the wake of terrific scandals involving railroads and other corporate titans. The same goes for De Niro, who plays his part with such terrific intensity. There was a terrific demand for the bins and we had to queue over an hour to get ours. An hour later we were caught in a terrific thunder storm - lightning, torrential rain, the works. At midnight I could hear in my bed the terrific gusts and the sounds of a driving deluge. There has always been a terrific amount of keeping up with the Joneses. There was a terrific, deafening crash, and a dazzling flash of intense red light. I was surprised how well it went at Sandown and it was a terrific effort by the team, considering they had a huge repair job to do after the last round. With a terrific bang, he drives the hammer into some kind of post to send it further into the ground. A York amateur astronomer also said his room was lit up as a huge object moved across the sky at terrific speed. The Yacht pub in Clontarf was buzzing at midnight last night and strong drink was being consumed at a terrific rate. This was a historic night and nobody at OUABC was hiding the fact that this event was a huge milestone of terrific importance. W. H. Hudson comments on the gauchos' terrific waste of meat, excess being fed to the dogs by the barrowload. Bacon demand from seaside towns is terrific, because Mr and Mrs John Bull will have bacon and eggs for breakfast when on holiday. In the final the large crowd was enthralled by a game of intense skill and terrific excitement. As the lights go down strobe lighting and terrific claps of thunder herald the storm. I was extremely sensitive to light and sound, I had terrific migraine headaches and my hormones seemed to have gone awry. Synonyms tremendous, huge, massive, gigantic, colossal, mighty, great, very great, very big, prodigious, formidable, sizeable, considerable intense, extreme, extraordinary, excessive, inordinate informal mega, whopping, whopping great, humongous British informal whacking, whacking great, ginormous 1.1informal Extremely good; excellent. it's been such a terrific day you look terrific Example sentencesExamples There was a tremendous atmosphere and it was a terrific surface to play on. The movie is terrific and really almost perfectly captures the feeling of what it was like to sit in a theater and watch the show. It would be a building within a building, which is terrific for minimizing sound spillage. It sounded like a terrific idea, but somehow got extremely muddled along the way. The intense flavor of dried mushrooms makes them a terrific seasoning ingredient. The Jaguar's sound system is terrific too, but it should be, this is a luxury car. Both performers are terrific and earn an enormous amount of audience goodwill. One of the major attractions of the day will be the hundreds of terrific children's books for sale at very reasonable prices. The culture shock was huge when I went first but the weather is terrific. The last few months, we've had some terrific live appearances by some great musical artist. In the south of France a wonderful woman supervises another terrific restaurant, the Hostellerie Jerome in La Turbie. He is an excellent tackler with terrific instincts and the speed to chase down plays. I've had a tremendous time there and made some terrific friends on and off the pitch and it's sad to be leaving them behind. It's a terrific work, and shows a huge architectural reach as well as great power. The jazz-flavored score sounds terrific and most of the dialogue can be heard. Tamoszius is a terrific fiddler, and able to make a nice amount of money playing at local parties. I would love to come back sometime because it's a terrific club full of lovely people. It's a huge game and it would be terrific to put two wins together in a row. The night was a terrific celebration of the past five years and many wonderful memories were revived. She said the friends she and her husband Eugene have met have been terrific and the children absolutely wonderful. Synonyms excellent, wonderful, marvellous, magnificent, superb, splendid, glorious, sublime, lovely, delightful, first-class, first-rate, outstanding consummate, perfect informal super, great, smashing, amazing, amazeballs, fantastic, tremendous, phenomenal, sensational, incredible, heavenly, divine, stellar, gorgeous, dreamy, grand, fabulous, fab, fabby, fantabulous, brill, awesome, magic, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, ace, crack, cool, mean, bad, wicked, mega, crucial, mind-blowing, far out, A1, sound, out of this world, marvy, spanking, dope, def, phat British informal brilliant, brill, bosting North American informal peachy, dandy, jim-dandy, neat, badass, boss, radical, rad, boffo, bully, bitching, bodacious, crackerjack US informal on fleek Australian/New Zealand informal beaut, bonzer South African informal kif, lank informal, dated groovy British informal, dated capital, champion, wizard, corking, cracking, ripping, spiffing, top-hole, topping, beezer North American informal, dated swell, keen vulgar slang shit-hot archaic goodly 2archaic Causing terror. his body presented a terrific emblem of death Synonyms dreadful, terrible, appalling, awful, horrific, horrible, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, grim, ghastly, gruesome, frightful, fearful Origin Mid 17th century (in sense 2): from Latin terrificus, from terrere 'frighten'. Rhymes anaglyphic, beatific, calorific, colorific, hieroglyphic, honorific, horrific, Indo-Pacific, pacific, prolific, scientific, soporific, specific, transpacific, triglyphic Definition of terrific in US English: terrific adjectivetəˈrifiktəˈrɪfɪk 1Of great size, amount, or intensity. there was a terrific bang Example sentencesExamples With a terrific bang, he drives the hammer into some kind of post to send it further into the ground. The law was passed in the wake of terrific scandals involving railroads and other corporate titans. At midnight I could hear in my bed the terrific gusts and the sounds of a driving deluge. W. H. Hudson comments on the gauchos' terrific waste of meat, excess being fed to the dogs by the barrowload. I was extremely sensitive to light and sound, I had terrific migraine headaches and my hormones seemed to have gone awry. There was a terrific demand for the bins and we had to queue over an hour to get ours. The same goes for De Niro, who plays his part with such terrific intensity. She lasted 16 hours with terrific injuries and the staff were nothing but kind and considerate. One day a golf course I built in Arkansas flooded, and there was a terrific amount of damage. There was a terrific, deafening crash, and a dazzling flash of intense red light. An hour later we were caught in a terrific thunder storm - lightning, torrential rain, the works. There has always been a terrific amount of keeping up with the Joneses. A York amateur astronomer also said his room was lit up as a huge object moved across the sky at terrific speed. Bacon demand from seaside towns is terrific, because Mr and Mrs John Bull will have bacon and eggs for breakfast when on holiday. I was surprised how well it went at Sandown and it was a terrific effort by the team, considering they had a huge repair job to do after the last round. The Yacht pub in Clontarf was buzzing at midnight last night and strong drink was being consumed at a terrific rate. In the final the large crowd was enthralled by a game of intense skill and terrific excitement. This was a historic night and nobody at OUABC was hiding the fact that this event was a huge milestone of terrific importance. As the lights go down strobe lighting and terrific claps of thunder herald the storm. Why is there this terrific increase in demand for pellets? Synonyms tremendous, huge, massive, gigantic, colossal, mighty, great, very great, very big, prodigious, formidable, sizeable, considerable 1.1informal Extremely good; excellent. it's been such a terrific day you look terrific Example sentencesExamples The last few months, we've had some terrific live appearances by some great musical artist. The intense flavor of dried mushrooms makes them a terrific seasoning ingredient. I've had a tremendous time there and made some terrific friends on and off the pitch and it's sad to be leaving them behind. One of the major attractions of the day will be the hundreds of terrific children's books for sale at very reasonable prices. In the south of France a wonderful woman supervises another terrific restaurant, the Hostellerie Jerome in La Turbie. He is an excellent tackler with terrific instincts and the speed to chase down plays. The movie is terrific and really almost perfectly captures the feeling of what it was like to sit in a theater and watch the show. The Jaguar's sound system is terrific too, but it should be, this is a luxury car. It would be a building within a building, which is terrific for minimizing sound spillage. She said the friends she and her husband Eugene have met have been terrific and the children absolutely wonderful. There was a tremendous atmosphere and it was a terrific surface to play on. It sounded like a terrific idea, but somehow got extremely muddled along the way. Tamoszius is a terrific fiddler, and able to make a nice amount of money playing at local parties. The night was a terrific celebration of the past five years and many wonderful memories were revived. It's a huge game and it would be terrific to put two wins together in a row. I would love to come back sometime because it's a terrific club full of lovely people. It's a terrific work, and shows a huge architectural reach as well as great power. The culture shock was huge when I went first but the weather is terrific. Both performers are terrific and earn an enormous amount of audience goodwill. The jazz-flavored score sounds terrific and most of the dialogue can be heard. Synonyms excellent, wonderful, marvellous, magnificent, superb, splendid, glorious, sublime, lovely, delightful, first-class, first-rate, outstanding 2archaic Causing terror. Synonyms dreadful, terrible, appalling, awful, horrific, horrible, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, grim, ghastly, gruesome, frightful, fearful Origin Mid 17th century (in terrific (sense 2)): from Latin terrificus, from terrere ‘frighten’.
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