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terrible

/ˈtɛrɪb(ə)l/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈtɛrɪb(ə)l/
terrible
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

ter - rib - le -> terrible

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ်ကောင်းသော။ ဆိုးဝါးသော။ မအီမသာဖြစ်သော။ မခံသာသော။ အလွန်ညံ့သော။ အလွန့်အလွန်။ အလွန်အမင်း။ အင်မတန်။

Full entry

terrible /'terǝbl/ adj

၁။ ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ်ကောင်းသော။ ဆိုးဝါးသော။ a terrible war/accident/murder ❍ hear some terrible news. ❍ terrible toothache ❍ The heat was terrible.
၂။ မအီမသာဖြစ်သော။ မခံသာသော။ I feel terrible—I'm going to bed.
၃။ အလွန်ညံ့သော။ What a terrible meal! ❍ This essay is terrible. ❍ I'm terrible at tennis.
၄။ အလွန့် အလွန်။ အလွန်အမင်း။ အင်မတန်။ make a terrible fuss about nothing ❍ I'm in a terrible mess.
❏ terribly /-ǝbli/ adv
၁။ အလွန်။ သိပ်။ အရမ်း။ ကြောက်ခမန်း လိလိ။ a terribly good book ❍ I'm terribly sorry.
၂။ ဆိုးဆိုးရွားရွား။ အလွန်အမင်း။ အင်မတန်။ She suffered terribly when her son was killed.

More examples
  • Her mother’s sudden death came as a terrible shock.
  • He’s been through a terrible ordeal.
  • A few minutes later there was a terrible scream.
  • That’s a terrible thing to say about anyone!
  • She suffered terrible injuries in the attack.
  • There’s been a terrible accident at the crossroads.
  • A terrible storm hit the island last night.
  • Don’t you feel terrible about letting everyone down?
  • What’s wrong? You look terrible.
  • The food was terrible.
  • He’s a terrible driver.
  • [terrible at] : I’ve always been really terrible at maths.
  • I’m afraid there’s been a terrible mistake.
  • He’s obviously in terrible pain.
Synonyms
awful, dreadful, very bad, appalling, poor, abhorrent, abysmal, atrocious, awe-inspiring, awesome, bad, beastly, dangerous, desperate, dire, disastrous, disturbing, dread, dreaded, excessive, extreme, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grave, gruesome, harrowing, hateful, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, inconvenient, intense, loathsome, monstrous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, petrifying, repulsive, revolting, rotten, serious, severe, shocking, terrifying, unfortunate, unnerving, unpleasant, unwelcome, vile
Antonyms
beautiful, calming, comforting, delightful, fortunate, good, great, happy, inoffensive, lucky, mild, nice, pleasant, pleasing, trivial, unimportant, wonderful
Cross references
awfuldreadfulvery badappallingpoorabhorrentabysmalatrociousawe-inspiringawesomebadbeastlydangerousdesperatediredisastrousdisturbingdreaddreadedexcessiveextremefearfulfrightfulghastlygravegruesomeharrowinghateful
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