Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - terrible
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Terrible
terrible
~ adj 1 extremely severe in a way that causes harm or damage (a terrible accident | The poor lad took a terrible beating.) 2 making you feel afraid or shocked (There was a terrible noise and the roof caved in.) 3 informal extremely bad; awful1 (1) (The hotel was absolutely terrible. | I'm a terrible cook.)
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Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A terrible experience or situation is very serious or very unpleasant. Tens of thousands more suffered terrible injuries in the world’s worst industrial disaster... I often have the most terrible nightmares... = dreadful ADJ • terribly My son has suffered terribly. He has lost his best friend. ADV: ADV after v 2. If something is terrible, it is very bad or of very poor quality. She admits her French is terrible. = dreadful ADJ 3. You use terrible to emphasize the great extent or degree of something. I was a terrible fool, you know. I remember that now... ADJ: ADJ n c darkgreen]emphasis • terribly I’m terribly sorry to bother you at this hour... ADV: usu ADV adj ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin terribilis, from terrere to frighten — more at terror Date: 15th century 1. a. exciting extreme alarm or intense fear ; terrifying b. formidable in nature ; awesome a ~ responsibility c. difficult in a ~ bind 2. extreme, great a ~ disappointment 3. extremely bad: as a. strongly repulsive ; obnoxious a ~ smell b. notably unattractive or objectionable ~ behavior c. of very poor quality a ~ movie • ~ness noun • terribly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 colloq. very great or bad (a terrible bore). 2 colloq. very incompetent (terrible at tennis). 3 causing terror; fit to cause terror; awful, dreadful, formidable. Derivatives terribleness n. Etymology: ME f. F f. L terribilis f. terrere frighten ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. страшный, ужасный; внушающий страх, ужас terrible news —- страшная весть terrible weapons of warfare —- внушающие ужас орудия войны to die in terrible agonies —- умереть в страшных мучениях terrible in anger —- страшный в гневе Ivan the T. —- Иван Грозный 2. эмоц-усил. необыкновенный, кошмарный, жуткий terrible frost —- необыкновенный мороз at a terrible speed —- на чудовищной скорости he is a terrible bore —- он невыносимо скучен 3. ам. замечательный, превосходный 4. в грам. знач. сущ.: разг. человек или вещь, внушающие страх 5. в грам. знач. нареч.: разг. см. ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 14c., "causing terror, frightful," from O.Fr. terrible, from L. terribilis "frightful," from terrere "fill with fear." Weakened sense of "very bad, awful" is first attested 1596. Terribly in the sense of "extremely" is first recorded 1833. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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