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Synonyms & Antonyms of terrible
1
causing fear
- a terrible nightmare that woke me up
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2
extreme in degree, power, or effect
- I have a terrible headache
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3
extremely disturbing or repellent
- that is a terrible movie to let your six-year-old watch
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- alarming,
- bloodcurdling,
- dire,
- direful,
- fearful,
- fearsome,
- forbidding,
- formidable,
- frightening,
- gut-wrenching,
- hair-raising,
- heart-stopping,
- intimidating,
- redoubtable,
- scary,
- terrifying
- abhorrent,
- deplorable,
- disagreeable,
- disgusting,
- distasteful,
- loathsome,
- nauseating,
- noisome,
- obnoxious,
- obscene,
- offensive,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revolting,
- sickening
- abominable,
- evil,
- foul,
- heinous,
- noxious,
- odious,
- unspeakable,
- vile
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4
extremely unsatisfactory
- this nonfat ice cream is terrible
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- bitchin'
- [slang],
- great,
- marvelous
- (or marvellous),
- wonderful
5
of low quality
- manufactures terrible clothes that often tear after a single wash
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- bad,
- bargain-basement,
- bum,
- cheap,
- cheapjack,
- cheesy,
- coarse,
- common,
- crappy
- [slang],
- cut-rate,
- el cheapo,
- execrable,
- gimcrack,
- inferior,
- junky,
- lousy,
- low-grade,
- low-rent,
- mediocre,
- miserable,
- poor,
- rotten,
- rubbishy,
- schlock
- (or schlocky also shlock or shlocky),
- second-rate,
- shoddy,
- sleazy,
- trashy,
- trumpery,
- wretched
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The first known use of terrible was in the 15th century
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