terribleadjective
uk/ˈter.ə.bəl/us/ˈter.ə.bəl/terrible adjective (UNPLEASANT)
A2 very unpleasant or serious or of low quality:
The weather was terrible.
We have just received some terrible news.
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- I felt terrible last night but I feel fine this morning.
- That restaurant was terrible - I'm never going back there again.
- Most of these women are very poorly paid and work in terrible conditions.
- I've got no sense of rhythm, so I'm a terrible dancer.
- I'll be blunt - that last piece of work you did was terrible.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not of good quality
- a miserable, poor, etc. excuse for sth idiom
- apology
- atrocious
- awful
- badly
- be an apology for sth idiom
- clunky
- come/be a poor second, third, etc. idiom
- downscale
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- motley
- mouldy
- not set the world on fire idiom
- tacky
- unappetizing
- unattractive
- unimpressed
- weak sauce
- worst
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Serious and unpleasant
terrible adjective (BAD AT)
very bad at doing something:
You're a terrible liar.
I'm a terrible skier/swimmer/dancer.
terrible adjective (VERY GREAT)
informal used to emphasize the great degree of something:
This project is a terrible waste of money.
UK She's a terrible nuisance.
More examples
- I had a terrible headache, but even so I went to the concert.
- I find threading a needle a terrible fiddle.
- She ran from the house in a terrible rage, her arms flailing in the air.
- She's a terrible gossip.
- I had a terrible hangover the next morning.
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Linguistics: very & extreme
- awful
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- deadly
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- perfect
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- thumping
- whole
- wide
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