terrific

  • 1Terrific — Ter*rif ic, a. [L. terrificus; fr. terrere to frighten + facere to make. See {Terror}, and {Fact}.] Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2Terrific — «Terrific» Sencillo de Drake Bell Publicación 14 de junio, 2011 Grabación 2011 Género(s) Rock Duración 3:22 …

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  • 3terrific — 1660s, frightening, from L. terrificus causing terror or fear, from terrere fill with fear (see TERRIBLE (Cf. terrible)) + root of facere to make (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)). Weakened sensed of very great, severe (e.g. terrific headache)… …

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  • 4terrific — [adj1] intense agitating, appalling, awesome, awful, deafening, disquieting, dreadful, enormous, excessive, extreme, fearful, fierce, formidable, frightful, gigantic, great, harsh, horrible, horrific, huge, immense, large, monstrous, severe,… …

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  • 5terrific — index prodigious (enormous) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 6terrific — terrible, frightful, dreadful, *fearful, horrible, horrific, awful, shocking, appalling Analogous words: frightening, alarming, terrorizing (see FRIGHTEN): agitating, upsetting, disquieting (see DISCOMPOSE) …

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  • 7terrific — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of great size, amount, or intensity. 2) informal excellent. 3) archaic causing terror. DERIVATIVES terrifically adverb. ORIGIN Latin terrificus, from terrere frighten …

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  • 8terrific — [tə rif′ik] adj. [L terrificus < base of terrere, to frighten: see TERROR & FIC] 1. causing great fear or dismay; terrifying; dreadful; appalling 2. Informal a) unusually great, intense, severe, etc. b) unusually fine, admirable, enjoyable,… …

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  • 9terrific — 01. The movie we saw last night was [terrific]; you ve just got to see it. 02. We went golfing with Jack, who is a [terrific] golfer, so he was able to show us how to hit the ball properly. 03. My wife had a [terrific] idea; why don t we all get… …

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  • 10terrific — [[t]tərɪ̱fɪk[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something or someone as terrific, you are very pleased with them or very impressed by them. [INFORMAL] What a terrific idea!... Everybody there was having a terrific time... You look terrific, Ann.… …

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