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terrific [təˈrɪfɪk] adj
1. very great or intense a terrific noise 2. Informal very good; excellent a terrific singer 3. very frightening [from Latin terrificus, from terrēre to frighten; see -fic] terrifically adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
terrific adjective 1. (Informal) excellent, great (informal), wonderful, mean (slang), topping (Brit. slang), fine, brilliant, very good, cracking (Brit. informal), amazing, outstanding, smashing (informal), superb, fantastic (informal), ace (informal), magnificent, fabulous (informal), marvellous, sensational (informal), sovereign, awesome (slang), breathtaking, super (informal), brill (informal), stupendous, bodacious (slang, chiefly U.S.), boffo (slang), jim-dandy (slang), chillin' (U.S. slang) What a terrific idea! excellent bad, terrible, awful, appalling, dreadful 2. great, huge, vast, enormous, extensive, tremendous, immense, gigantic, colossal, prodigious, stupendous, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), ginormous (informal), humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) He did a terrific amount of fundraising. great moderate, insignificant, paltry Translations terrific [təˈrɪfɪk] ADJ 1. (= very great) [explosion, problem, disappointment] → tremendo, enorme; [pain, noise, heat] → terrible, tremendo a terrific amount of money → una enorme cantidad de dinero 2. (= excellent) [idea, news, person] → genial, estupendo terrific! → ¡genial!, ¡estupendo! we had terrific fun → nos lo pasamos estupendamente or fenomenal to do a terrific job → hacer un trabajo estupendo or fantástico you look terrific! → ¡estás guapísimo/a! she looked terrific in a leotard → estaba sensacional en mallas terrific stuff! → ¡estupendo!, ¡fenomenal! to have a terrific time → pasárselo estupendamente or fenomenal terrific [təˈrɪfɪk] adj (= tremendous) [amount, pleasure] → incroyable; [noise, explosion] → énorme; [pain, shock] → énorme; [speed] → fou*(folle) (= wonderful) → formidable, sensationnel(le) What a terrific idea! → C'est une idée formidable! Everybody had a terrific time → Tout le monde s'est bien amusé. that's terrific! → c'est fantastique!, c'est formidable! to look terrific You look terrific! → Tu es superbe! terrific adj shame, nuisance, shock → unheimlich (inf); person, success, idea, party also → sagenhaft (inf), → klasse inv (inf); speed, heat, strength, generosity → unwahrscheinlich (inf); that’s terrific news → das sind tolle Nachrichten (inf); to look terrific (person) → klasse aussehen (inf); to have a terrific time → viel Spaß haben; terrific! (also iro) → prima! (inf), → toll! (inf) terrific [təˈrɪfɪk] adj (fam) (very good, performance, book, news) → fantastico/a, stupendo/a, formidabile, eccezionale; (extreme, heat, speed, noise, anxiety) → spaventoso/a; (amount, scare) → enorme; (terrifying) → terrificante, impressionante Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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