terrible

Adjective

• extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
  • in a frightful hurry
    
  • spent a frightful amount of money
    

• intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
  • severe pain
    
  • a severe case of flu
    
  • a terrible cough
    
  • under wicked fire from the enemy's guns
    
  • a wicked cough
    

• exceptionally bad or displeasing
  • atrocious taste
    
  • abominable workmanship
    
  • an awful voice
    
  • dreadful manners
    
  • a painful performance
    
  • terrible handwriting
    
  • an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
    

• causing fear or dread or terror
  • the awful war
    
  • an awful risk
    
  • dire news
    
  • a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
    
  • the dread presence of the headmaster
    
  • polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
    
  • a dreadful storm
    
  • a fearful howling
    
  • horrendous explosions shook the city
    
  • a terrible curse
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  frightful , awful , tremendous , severe , wicked , atrocious , abominable , dreadful , painful , unspeakable