terrible (
http://definr.com/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]