[ˈtɛrɪbl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- extremely bad or serious
(e.g: a terrible crime)

- causing or likely to cause terror; sinister
(e.g: the stranger gave a terrible smile)


Phrases:
- terrible twos

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘causing terror’): via French from Latin terribilis, from terrere ‘frighten’