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as in horrible
causing fear
a terrible nightmare that woke me up
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2
as in intense
extreme in degree, power, or effect
I have a terrible headache
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as in horrific
extremely disturbing or repellent
that is a terrible movie to let your six-year-old watch
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as in awful
extremely unsatisfactory
this nonfat ice cream is terrible
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as in poor
of low quality
manufactures terrible clothes that often tear after a single wash
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Recent Examples of terrible
Minshew was terrible in 10 appearances and got benched multiple times before suffering a broken collarbone.
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Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
The fight scenes in Season 2 were almost all terrible by comparison.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Lenovo can outfit the Yoga 9i 2-in-1 with as much as 1TB of solid-state storage, which isn’t immense but also not terrible for a laptop that measures just 0.63 inches thick and weighs only 2.91 pounds to start.
—Joe Osborne, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
Yesterday’s congressional certification of the Electoral College results is also the anniversary of the terrible violence and chaos of four years ago, Jan. 6, 2021.
—Orlando Sentinel and New York Daily News Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2025
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Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
The fight scenes in Season 2 were almost all terrible by comparison.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Lenovo can outfit the Yoga 9i 2-in-1 with as much as 1TB of solid-state storage, which isn’t immense but also not terrible for a laptop that measures just 0.63 inches thick and weighs only 2.91 pounds to start.
—Joe Osborne, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
Yesterday’s congressional certification of the Electoral College results is also the anniversary of the terrible violence and chaos of four years ago, Jan. 6, 2021.
—Orlando Sentinel and New York Daily News Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terrible
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Given this area’s rich history with horrible weather and big events at this time of year, there is still a chance that the Cotton Bowl will be postponed until Saturday.Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2025
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How horrible for my sweet little nephews to watch their house disappear like this.Becca Longmire, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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The single performs even better on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart, which is compiled in the same way as the Rock Digital Song Sales list, only the focus is exclusively on the more intense, harder style of the genre.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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The Chiefs tallied another three points from Butker as both defenses were noticeably intense and solid as the first quarter ended 6-3 Kansas City.Kevin Dotson, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
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One measure passed also looks for long-term recovery plans, referring to work from Santa Rosa and Maui, which have also experienced similar horrific tragedies recently.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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And like the residents of the City of Angels, they are effected by the horrific fires which have suddenly engulfed the area.Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
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But any Three Mile Island-style tech meltdown would come with awful collateral damage.Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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After missing 27 games with a left hamstring strain, Zion Williamson returned to the court on Tuesday night and provided one of the few gratifying moments the New Orleans Pelicans could savor during an awful season.William Guillory, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Everybody connected to the death of this poor guy is dead now.Makena Gera, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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With sleep disorders affecting approximately 70 million Americans and poor sleep linked to serious health risks like heart disease, stroke and cognitive decline, the Tone Buds represent a significant advancement in personal sleep technology.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
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The stability and flexibility around Josh Allen makes for a terrifying formula.Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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What’s more terrifying than losing control of your physical and mental self as your most primal, animalistic instincts take the wheel?David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
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Although Altman didn’t explicitly say why the company is losing money, running AI models is very cost intensive, requiring investments in data centers and electricity to provide the necessary computing power.Tharin Pillay, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
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At present, nitrogen fixation—the chemical process required to produce ammonia from nitrogen gas—is hugely energy intensive, accounting for as much as two percent of the world’s annual energy budget.Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Ten people were murdered in the New York City subway system last year — including the recent, random and gruesome immolation of a homeless New Jersey woman asleep on a Brooklyn train — up from five murders in 2023.Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Did Hawthorne base these characters on the Rev. Ephraim Avery and his young congregant Sarah Maria Cornell, whose gruesome death in 1832 in Fall River, 50 miles south of Boston, shocked all of New England?Liesl Schillinger, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Terrible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terrible. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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