terrible

adj 1: 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" [syn: {awful}, {dire}, {direful}, {dread(a)}, {dreaded},

{dreadful}, {fearful}, {fearsome}, {frightening}, {horrendous},

{horrific}]

2: 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" [syn: {atrocious},

{abominable}, {awful}, {dreadful}, {painful}, {unspeakable}]

3: 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" [syn: {severe}, {wicked}]

4: extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a

frightful mistake"; "suffered terrible thirst" [syn: {fearful},

{frightful}]