Khủng khiếp; gây ra khiếp sợ, gây ra đau khổ, gây kinh hoàng

a terrible death

cái chết khủng khiếp

a terrible war

một cuộc chiến tranh gây kinh hoàng

Thậm tệ, ghê gớm, khó có thể chịu nổi; quá chừng

terrible toothache

răng đau kinh khủng

the heat was terrible

nóng quá chừng

(thông tục) rất tồi, rất kém, rất tệ

I'm terrible at tennis

Tôi chơi quần vợt rất tồi

kinh khủng

khủng khiếp

Bad, serious, grave, severe, acute, distressing,disagreeable, nasty, foul, unbearable, dreadful, loathsome,hideous, vile, intolerable, awful, Colloq rotten, lousy,beastly: I've had a terrible virus.

Bad, remorseful,regretful, rueful, sorry, contrite, ashamed,conscience-stricken, guilty, distressed, dreadful, awful, Colloqrotten, lousy, beastly: I felt terrible having to tell theneighbours about their cat.

Unhappy, unpleasant,disagreeable, awful, miserable, joyless, wretched, unfortunate,Colloq rotten, lousy, beastly: We spent an absolutely terribleevening at the theatre.

Gruesome, grisly, macabre, gory,grotesque, brutal, savage, horrible, horrendous, terrifying,terrific, harrowing, horrid, horrifying, ghastly, frightening,frightful, unspeakable, monstrous, dread, terrible, appalling,shocking, alarming, awful, foul: The casualties that werearriving had the most terrible wounds.

Disgusting, revolting,nauseating, nauseous, offensive, vomit-provoking, obnoxious,stomach-turning, stomach-churning, abominable, mephitic,noisome, noxious, loathsome, horrible, hideous, terrific, awful,evil, vile, rotten, awful: The compost heap was giving off themost terrible stench.

Terrifying, frightening, frightful,fearsome, formidable, redoubtable, awesome, awe-inspiring,terrific: The animal gave a terrible roar and charged into theclearing.

Colloq. very great or bad (a terrible bore).

Colloq.very incompetent (terrible at tennis).

Causing terror; fit tocause terror; awful, dreadful, formidable.

Terribleness n.[ME f. F f. L terribilis f. terrere frighten]