English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

terrible — meaning in English

Spanish → English · translate English → Spanish instead

English meaning

  • agonizing adj Causing severe physical or mental pain.
  • awful adj Very bad or unpleasant.
  • dire adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
  • excruciating adj Extremely painful or unbearably intense.
  • fearful adj Feeling afraid or anxious.
  • frightening adj Causing fear; scary.
  • terrible adj Very bad or unpleasant.

Senses

terrible is used for these senses in English:

  • agonizing Causing physical or mental agony.
  • awful Very bad.
  • awful (dated) Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
  • dire (informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
  • excruciating Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing
  • excruciating Exceedingly intense; extreme
  • frightening (figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.
  • terrible Very bad; lousy.

awful — full definition

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

Related Spanish words