| query | A t_______ experience or situation is very serious or very unpleasant.A terrible experience or situation is very serious or very unpleasant. Tens of thousands more suffered terrible injuries in the world's worst industrial disaster. I often have the most terrible nightmares. Prison life, he told me, was terrible. My son has suffered terribly. He has lost his best friend. |
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| word | terrible |
| full-definition | adjective A terrible experience or situation is very serious or very unpleasant. Tens of thousands more suffered terrible injuries in the world's worst industrial disaster. I often have the most terrible nightmares. Prison life, he told me, was terrible. My son has suffered terribly. He has lost his best friend. If you feel terrible, you feel extremely ill or unhappy . If you tell someone that they look terrible, you mean that they look as if they are extremely ill or unhappy. He did feel terrible at the time but seems to be fine now. Are you all right? You look terrible. Are you sick? If something is terrible, it is very bad or of very poor quality. She admits her French is terrible. You use terrible to emphasize the great extent or degree of something. I was a terrible fool, you know. I remember that now. Her death is a terrible waste. I'm terribly sorry to bother you at this hour. I suffered terribly when she died. |
| inflections | terriblyterribly |
| cefr-level | A1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1
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