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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as in awful
extremely unsatisfactory
this nonfat ice cream is terrible
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as in poor
of low quality
manufactures terrible clothes that often tear after a single wash
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Recent Examples of terrible
So far, 2025 has been a terrible year for global health.
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Alice Park, Time, 8 May 2025
Two weeks ago there was a terrible fire at the house next door to hers.
—Caitlin Shetterly, NPR, 7 May 2025
With the month of May just days old, the Rockies are 6-28 and already a whopping 17.5 games out of first place — by far MLB’s greatest deficit — and playing a brand of terrible baseball rarely seen in the past century.
—Joe Murphy, NBC news, 6 May 2025
Public interest in the film intensified after a stroke of terrible happenstance.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Alice Park, Time, 8 May 2025
Two weeks ago there was a terrible fire at the house next door to hers.
—Caitlin Shetterly, NPR, 7 May 2025
With the month of May just days old, the Rockies are 6-28 and already a whopping 17.5 games out of first place — by far MLB’s greatest deficit — and playing a brand of terrible baseball rarely seen in the past century.
—Joe Murphy, NBC news, 6 May 2025
Public interest in the film intensified after a stroke of terrible happenstance.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terrible
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However, her tragic demise spooks and haunts Jen, since her death is incredibly horrible and sad, rocking the whole Capesode community.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
14 May 2025
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Jurors viewed for a fifth time in two days the video footage of the horrible beating that followed.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2025
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But Trump couldn't get the change included in his 2017 economic legislation, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, amid an intense lobbying campaign from the industry and some GOP lawmakers to protect the break.—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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That evening, there was intense fighting between the Army and the R.S.F, but Wanis slipped outside anyway.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Abuse Of Power: Season 1 (May 19) Long-running ID series American Monster enters a new chapter with Abuse of Power, a long-form series that takes on cases where horrific crimes and scandals were covered up and disposed of by authority figures.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
16 May 2025
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Sheriff’s officials released footage that showed the horrific attack.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2025
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Councilmember Vivian Moreno said the timing on the prostitution detectives seems awful, with prostitution appearing to have gotten worse in recent months on Dalbergia Street in Barrio Logan.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2025
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Alisha Weir stars as the whip-smart Matilda Wormwood, who escapes her awful parents (Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough) by disappearing into books and finding a friend in Lashana Lynch’s sweet Miss Honey at her terrifying new school.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
7 May 2025
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Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns each added 23 points and OG Anunoby bounced back from two poor performances by scoring 20 for the Knicks, who can win the series Wednesday night at Boston.—
Brian Mahoney,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2025
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Boston built big second-half leads on New York in both Games 1 and 2 at home, but squandered them due to uncharacteristically poor 3-point shooting.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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The family eventually crosses paths with a corrupt theme-park operator (John Ortiz), his sheriff (Colin Hanks) and a terrifying crime boss (Sharon Stone) before chaos ensues.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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As the clip continues, attendees recall the infamous countdown clock that preceded Scott’s performance, before discussing in harrowing detail the terrifying sensation of being caught in the crowd surge.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2025
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Ryan Murphy has found his Kennedys after an intensive casting search for the first installment of his new FX anthology series, American Love Story.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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The department conducts an annual review of each state, and a more intensive one that’s supposed to be completed roughly every five years.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
13 May 2025
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But the rich emotional depth of that film is matched in Bring Her Back, a horror movie that delights in gruesome practical effects but also presents a nuanced character study, with little judgement passed on its bereaved antagonist, Laura.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
16 May 2025
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It was later discovered he had been killed in a gruesome attack that U.S. intelligence says was ordered by the country's de facto leader Mohammed bin Salman.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
16 May 2025
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“Terrible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terrible. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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