1
as in horrible
causing fear
a terrible nightmare that woke me up
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2
as in intense
extreme in degree, power, or effect
I have a terrible headache
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3
as in horrific
extremely disturbing or repellent
that is a terrible movie to let your six-year-old watch
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4
as in awful
extremely unsatisfactory
this nonfat ice cream is terrible
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5
as in poor
of low quality
manufactures terrible clothes that often tear after a single wash
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Recent Examples of terrible
And this moment—this terrible moment—must not be wasted either.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, in a remote leper village, a handsome stranger brings hope with miraculous cures until doubts grow about whether his help may come at a terrible cost.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
For instance, fashion in movies was popular during terrible times such as World War II and the Great Depression.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
Video screens are good for setting up backstory, but terrible at delivering scares.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, in a remote leper village, a handsome stranger brings hope with miraculous cures until doubts grow about whether his help may come at a terrible cost.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
For instance, fashion in movies was popular during terrible times such as World War II and the Great Depression.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
Video screens are good for setting up backstory, but terrible at delivering scares.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terrible
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That sounds absolutely horrible.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Sep. 2025
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Their ratings are also horrible.—
William Earl,
Variety,
22 Sep. 2025
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Watching the Ryder Cup at an open-air golf course presents a whole different challenge, and attendees were warned to be ready for an intense security operation on Friday.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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In aviation, iridium-tipped electrodes are used in high-performance spark plugs, providing longer service life and reliable ignition under intense conditions.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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Ward's attorney, Joanna Green, acknowledged the horrific nature of the crimes but said Ward has expressed remorse for committing them.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
24 Sep. 2025
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The horrific attack this morning at a Dallas ICE facility was a targeted act of violence and hate.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Sep. 2025
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Trump has said repeatedly that Kimmel's ratings are awful.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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As inane and sterile as the marketing was, the actual event wasn’t awful.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Sep. 2025
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There are 577 bridges in Milwaukee, and only 5% are considered to be in poor condition, according to a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Last week, as financial panic escalated following Milei’s party’s poor showing in local elections, Argentina’s central bank spent more than $1 billion of its foreign currency reserves to keep the peso from collapsing.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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Last year, a woman in France shared hair-raising footage of her terrifying encounter with a spider.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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The existentialist who sits at my desk feels we are each individually thrown into the deep end of existence and tasked with swimming, and that this is a terrifying and heavy task.—
Zadie Smith,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Poore pivoted to other ventures to make ends meet after the storm struck, including trail clearing, trail education and intensive workshops on trail maintenance.—
Graham Hurley,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
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Dumplings can be time (and labor) intensive to prepare.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
21 Sep. 2025
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On the other hand, both then and now, ubiquitous access to gruesome and horrifying imagery can have a corrosive social and cultural effect.—
Time,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
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Gein's gruesome crimes have also inspired films, including Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Terrible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terrible. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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