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terrific
English
Alternative forms
- terrifick (obsolete)
Etymology
From French terrifique, and its source, Latin terrificus (“terrifying”), from terrere (“to frighten, terrify”) + -ficus, from facere (“to make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t????f?k/
- Rhymes: -?f?k
Adjective
terrific (comparative more terrific, superlative most terrific)
- (now rare) Terrifying, causing terror; terrible; sublime, awe-inspiring. [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:frightening
- 1796–7, Mary Wollstonecraft, The Wrongs of Woman, Oxford 2009, p. 83:
- [T]he dismal shrieks of demoniac rage […] roused phantoms of horror in her mind, far more terrific than all that dreaming superstition ever drew.
- 1821, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 2, page 154:
- Think of wandering amid sepulchral ruins, of stumbling over the bones of the dead, of encountering what I cannot describe,—the horror of being among those who are neither the living or the dead;—those dark and shadowless things that sport themselves with the reliques of the dead, and feast and love amid corruption,—ghastly, mocking, and terrific.
- Very strong or intense; excessive, tremendous. [from 18th c.]
- The car came round the bend at a terrific speed.
- I've got a terrific hangover this morning.
- Extremely good; excellent, amazing. [from 19th c.]
- I say! She's a terrific tennis player.
Synonyms
- brilliant
- horrific
Related terms
- terrible
- terrify
- terrifying
- terror
- terrorist
- terrorize
Translations
Further reading
- terrific in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- terrific in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- ferritic
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terrifically
English
Etymology
terrific +? -ally
Adverb
terrifically (not comparable)
- In a terrific or extreme way.
- "The test was terrifically hard," said the tired student.
- 1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds
- Upon examination it was found that a large breakage had been made, directly under their bows, and the sea was rushing in terrifically.
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