TERRIBLE


Meaning of TERRIBLE in English

adj. 1 colloq. very great or bad (a terrible bore). 2 colloq. very incompetent (terrible at tennis). 3 causing terror; fit to cause terror; awful, dreadful, formidable. terribleness n.

[ ME f. F f. L terribilis f. terrere frighten ]

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