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terrível — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abominable adj Extremely unpleasant or disgusting; causing strong hatred or disapproval.
  • awful adj Very bad or unpleasant.
  • dire adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
  • dread verb To feel great fear or anxiety about something that is going to happen.
  • dreadful adj Very bad, unpleasant, or shocking.
  • mean verb To intend or have in mind as a purpose.
  • terrible adj Very bad or unpleasant.

Senses

terrível is used for these senses in English:

  • abominable Very bad or inferior.
  • awful Very bad.
  • awful (dated) Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
  • dire Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
  • dire Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.
  • dread Somebody or something dreaded.
  • dreadful Full of something causing dread, whether
  • mean Powerful; fierce; strong.

awful — full definition

  1. adj Very bad or unpleasant.
  2. adv informal: Very; extremely.

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