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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terribly
adv 1: used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful
sorry" [syn: awfully, awful, frightfully]
2: in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" [syn: atrociously,
awfully, abominably, abysmally, rottenly]