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Word entry · 8 letters

terrible

Best crossword clue

"Extremely bad"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɛɹəbəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted beeilrrtStarts with TEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Very bad, unpleasant, or severe.

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English terrible, from Old French terrible, from Latin terribilis (“frightful”), from terreō (“to frighten, terrify, alarm; to deter by terror, scare (away)”). Compare terror, deter. By surface analysis, terror + -ible.

Used in a sentence

  • The witch laid a terrible curse on him.
  • "He is the right sort of man for a labourer, but he is a terrible eater, to be sure," thought the farmer.
  • He paid a terrible price for his life of drinking.

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