/ˈter.ə.bəl/
Translation
Very bad; making you feel shocked, upset, or afraid.
Word origin
From Latin terribilis, meaning causing fear, from terrere, to frighten.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- terribilis
Examples
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"Terrible" means very bad.
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Here "terrible" describes a dream that was very bad and upsetting.
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Here "terrible" means the food was very bad.
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(3)Grammar articles
(5)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Linking words in English: however, although, even though, despite and therefore
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
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