Tra từ terrible - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ter·rible BrE [ˈterəbl] NAmE [ˈterəbl] adjective
1. very unpleasant; making you feel very unhappy, upset or frightened
•a terrible experience
• What terrible news!
• I've just had a terrible thought.
•It was a terrible thing to happen to someone so young.
•That's a terrible thing to say!
2. causing great harm or injury; very serious
•a terrible accident
• He had suffered terrible injuries.
• I'll have to stay with her— she's in a terrible state.
3. not before noun unhappy or ill/sick
• I feel terrible— I think I'll go to bed.
• You look terrible, you'd better sit down.
4. (informal)of very bad quality; very bad
•a terrible meal
• Your driving is terrible!
5. only before noun used to show the great extent or degree of sth bad
•a terrible mistake
•to be in terrible pain
• The room was in a terrible mess.
• (informal) I had a terrible job (= it was very difficult) to persuade her to come.
•You'll be in terrible trouble if you're late again.

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

Synonyms:
terrible
awful • horrible • dreadful • vile • horrendous
These words all describe sth that is very unpleasant.
terrible • very bad or unpleasant; making you feel unhappy, frightened, upset, ill, guilty or disapproving: ▪ What terrible news! ◇ ▪ That's a terrible thing to say!
awful • (rather informal) very bad or unpleasant; used to describe sth that you do not like or that makes you feel depressed, ill, guilty or disapproving: ▪ That's an awful colour. ◇ ▪ The weather last summer was awful.
horrible • (rather informal) very unpleasant; used to describe sth that you do not like: ▪ The coffee tasted horrible.
dreadful • (rather informal, especially BrE) very bad or unpleasant; used to describe sth that you do not like or that you disapprove of: ▪ What dreadful weather!
vile • (informal) extremely bad or unpleasant: ▪ There was a vile smell coming from the room. ◇ ▪ He was in a vile mood.
horrendous • (rather informal) extremely unpleasant and unacceptable: ▪ The traffic around the city was horrendous.
terrible/awful/horrible/dreadful for sb
a(n) terrible/awful/horrible/dreadful/vile thing
a(n) terrible/awful/horrible/vile smell
terrible/awful/horrible/dreadful/vile/horrendous conditions
terrible/awful/horrible/dreadful/vile weather
terrible/awful/dreadful news

Example Bank:
•I thought something really terrible had happened.
•It must have been terrible for the survivors.
•Nothing very terrible happened.
•He's had a terrible shock.
•How terrible for you!
•I feel terrible— I think I'll go to bed.
•I feel terrible: it could so easily have ended in tragedy and I just didn't think.
•I had a terrible job to persuade her to come.
•I have a terrible memory for names.
•I'll have to stay with her— she's in a terrible state.
•I'm afraid there's been a terrible mistake.
•I've just had a terrible thought.
•It was the night of that terrible storm.
•She was involved in a terrible accident when she was a child.
•That's a terrible thing to say!
•We had a terrible meal at that restaurant.
•You'll be in terrible trouble if you're late again.