terrible
/ˈtɛɹəbəl/ adjective A1- Causing terror, alarm or fear; dreadful · The witch laid a terrible curse on him.
- Formidable, powerful.
- Intense; extreme in degree or extent. · He paid a terrible price for his life of drinking.
- Very unpleasant; disagreeable. · The food was terrible, but it was free.
- Having extremely bad qualities; lousy. · Whatever he thinks, he is a terrible driver.
Comparative terribler · Superlative terriblest
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And because I had learned the ways of men, I became more terrible in the jungle than Shere Khan.
Sick and giddy as Mowgli was he could not help enjoying the wild rush, though the glimpses of earth far down below frightened him, and the terrible check and jerk at the end of the swing over nothing but empty air brought his heart between his teeth.
He came down almost across her back, and if he had been an old mongoose he would have known that then was the time to break her back with one bite; but he was afraid of the terrible lashing return stroke of the cobra.
“What is it, O Killer of the terrible Nag?”
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