terrible: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 10 letter points · starts with T · ends with E
Meaning of terrible
adj
Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome
Example: The witch laid a terrible curse on him.
Formidable, powerful.
Intense; extreme in degree or extent.
Example: He paid a terrible price for his life of drinking.
Very unpleasant; disagreeable.
Example: The food was terrible, but it was free.
Listed forms: terribler, terriblest.
Source: Wiktionary — terrible.
adv
- colloquial, dialectal
In a terrible way; to a terrible extent; terribly; awfully.
Source: Wiktionary — terrible.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for terrible.
adjective
causing fear or dread or terror
adjective
exceptionally bad or displeasing
adjective
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
adjective
extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is terrible in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of terrible
T(1) + E(1) + R(1) + R(1) + I(1) + B(3) + L(1) + E(1) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of terrible
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from terrible
81 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in terrible. Showing up to 24, longest first.