ter·ri·ble /ˈtɛrəbəl/
(a.)可怕的,可怖的,駭人的,令人敬畏的;極度的;極壞的,很糟的;極妙的
Ter·ri·ble a.
1. Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable.
Prudent in peace, and terrible in war. --Prior.
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible. --Deut. vii. 21.
2. Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.]
The terrible coldness of the season. --Clarendon.
Syn: -- Terrific; fearful; frightful; formidable; dreadful; horrible; shocking; awful.
-- Ter*ri*ble*ness, n. -- Ter*ri*bly, adv.
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terrible
adj 1: 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" [syn: awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded,
dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous,
horrific]
2: 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" [syn: atrocious,
abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, unspeakable]
3: 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" [syn: severe, wicked]
4: extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a
frightful mistake"; "suffered terrible thirst" [syn: fearful,
frightful]