Associations to the word «Terrible»

Wiktionary

TERRIBLE, adjective. Dreadful; causing alarm and fear.
TERRIBLE, adjective. Formidable, powerful.
TERRIBLE, adjective. Intense; extreme in degree or extent.
TERRIBLE, adjective. Unpleasant; disagreeable.
TERRIBLE, adjective. Very bad; lousy.
TERRIBLE TWOS, noun. (informal) A developmental stage in toddlers, normally occurring around the age of two, involving refusals and temper tantrums.

Dictionary definition

TERRIBLE, adjective. Causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse".
TERRIBLE, adjective. Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room".
TERRIBLE, adjective. Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough".
TERRIBLE, adjective. Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats