terrible
adjective
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alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, shocking, spine-chilling, terrifying
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The terrible, back-to-back bleaching events in 2016 and 2017 took a heavy toll. — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, "Don’t Believe the Hype: The Pumice Raft Won’t Save the Great Barrier Reef," 30 Aug. 2019 Now, the other family members have no choice but to kill Grace before dawn...or else meet an unknown, but terrible, fate. — Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, "Everything You Need To Know About The Crazy, Bloody Game In Ready Or Not," 24 Aug. 2019 By midmorning, word of something terrible had begun to spread through the community: hikers—two young women, one from Denmark and the other from Norway—had been found dead on the trail leading up to Mount Toubkal, less than ten miles south of Imlil. — Rachel Monroe, Outside Online, "Last winter, Moroccan officials found two hikers dead on the trail to the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains. The international investigation that followed revealed the fragility of the adventure travel economy, as well as what happens when a small tourist hub is suddenly made strange by violence.," 29 July 2019 Keep in mind that even when rating the experience as terrible, many people say the pain of getting an IUD was well worth it since these devices provide such stellar protection against pregnancy. — Zahra Barnes, SELF, "What to Expect After IUD Removal: Ob/Gyn Experts Explain," 17 July 2019 Having to deal with your son being called a monster is terrible. — Washington Post, "Serial killer who preyed on gay men executed in Florida," 23 Aug. 2019 Doctors are terrible at assessing how their influenced. — Molly Rubin, Quartz, "How an ER doctor and a Purdue Pharma whistleblower think about the opioid crisis," 21 Aug. 2019 As the years went by, Tipton had panic attacks and terrible anxiety. — Will Stone, Scientific American, "MDMA, Or Ecstasy, Shows Promise As A PTSD Treatment," 21 Aug. 2019 The players chosen over him — including Carmelo Anthony, Blake Griffin and LaMarcus Aldridge — aren’t terrible choices. — Cameron Fields, Warriors Wire, "Will Klay Thompson's legacy forever be tied to Steph Curry's?," 18 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'terrible.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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