TERRIFIC


Meaning of TERRIFIC in English

1.

If you describe something or someone as ~, you are very pleased with them or very impressed by them. (INFORMAL)

What a ~ idea!...

Everybody there was having a ~ time...

= great

ADJ

2.

Terrific means very great in amount, degree, or intensity.

All of a sudden there was a ~ bang and a flash of smoke.

= tremendous

ADJ: ADJ n emphasis

~ally

...the only child of ~ally repressed parents.

ADV: usu ADV adj/-ed

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