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terrible
adjective as in bad, horrible
Strongest matches
abhorrent, appalling, atrocious, awesome, awful, dangerous, dire, disastrous, disturbing, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, gruesome, harrowing, hideous, horrendous, horrid, horrifying, serious, severe, shocking, unfortunate, unpleasant
Example Sentences
The British historian Arnold Toynbee saw the Industrial Revolution as “a period as disastrous and terrible as any through which a nation ever passed.”
Defenders say he did great things for American foreign policy, critics say he did terrible things to other countries and neither pay much attention to the terrible things he did to America.
“My role is about the fiscal effect of firing a coach under a terrible contract,” said Landry, who was speaking to reporters about other matters but was asked about recent developments at LSU.
With a long, terrible screech, its entire roof peeled off and sailed away on the wind.
"Naso Isaacs had the right to feel safe in her own home and this has been a deliberate and terrible attack."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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