Antonyms for terrible

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ter-uh-buhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛr ə bəl

Definition of terrible

Origin : early 15c., "causing terror, frightful," from Old French terrible (12c.), from Latin terribilis "frightful," from terrere "fill with fear," from PIE root *tres- "to tremble" (cf. Sanskrit trasati "trembles," Avestan tarshta "feared, revered," Greek treëin "to tremble," Lithuanian triseti "to tremble," Old Church Slavonic treso "I shake," Middle Irish tarrach "timid"). Weakened sense of "very bad, awful" is first attested 1590s.

adj bad, horrible

Example sentences :

But then, I always was a terrible poor judge of human nature.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

It is not necessary to dwell on every incident of this terrible journey.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

The struggle to keep alive during the cold period was terrible.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

The darkness of a terrible storm hid it from the eye of man.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

Soon the news of his terrible deed spread throughout the land.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

It was a dreadful conviction that was forced upon me, and as wonderful as terrible.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

It was terrible to be chosen in this way to be the arbiter of Destiny.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

Some one has said of Mr. Gladstone that his memory was "terrible."
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

Terrible jarrin' to the nerves when folks come in and call on a sick man.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

They reached a broad flat, and the stallion gained with terrible insistence.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Synonyms for terrible

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