terrible

Adjective
  1. Causing fear or dread or terror (synset 300195400)
    "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"
    similar to: alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
    same as: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific
  2. Exceptionally bad or displeasing (synset 301130122)
    "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
    similar to: bad - having undesirable or negative qualities
    same as: abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, unspeakable
  3. Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality (synset 301516947)
    "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough"
    similar to: intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
    same as: severe, wicked
  4. Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact (synset 301681792)
    "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    similar to: extraordinary - beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
    same as: awful, frightful, tremendous

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