terrible

extremely bad

The first known use: in the 15th century

Word Structure

8 Letters, 3 Syllable

terrible


7 Phonemes

t e r ə b ə l


onset, rime

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Morpheme

terrible


Sentence Examples

Traffic was held up by a terrible accident.

I have a terrible cold.

The service at that restaurant is terrible.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

abhorrent

appalling

atrocious

awesome

awful

dangerous

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

enfant terrible

Neighborhood

Onset Friends

to

time

too

think

things

two

take

tell

thought

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