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ter·rif·ic  (t-rfk)
adj.
1. Very good or fine; splendid: a terrific tennis player.
2. Awesome; astounding: drove at a terrific rate of speed.
3. Causing terror or great fear; terrifying: a terrific wail.
4. Very bad or unpleasant; frightful: a terrific headache.
[Latin terrificus : terrre, to frighten + -ficus, -fic.]
ter·rifi·cal·ly adv.
terrific
Adjective
1. very great or intense: a terrific blow on the head
2. Informal very good; excellent: a terrific book [Latin terrere to frighten]
terrifically adv
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Adj.1.terrific - very great or intense; "a terrific noise"; "a terrific thunderstorm storm"; "fought a terrific battle"
intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
2.terrificterrific - extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement"
howling, marvellous, marvelous, rattling, wonderful, wondrous, fantastic, tremendous, grand
extraordinary - beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature"
3.terrific - causing extreme terror; "a terrifying wail"
terrifying
alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
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) booshit Austral. (slang) exo Austral. (slang) sik Austral. (slang) ka pai N.Z. rad (informal) phat (slang) schmick Austral. (informal) << OPPOSITE awful
adjective 2. intense, great, huge, terrible, enormous, severe, extreme, awful, tremendous, fierce, harsh, excessive, dreadful, horrific, fearful, awesome, gigantic, monstrous
Translations
terrific [təˈrɪfɪk] adj → fantástico, fenomenal, macanudo (LAM) (= wonderful); maravilloso
terrific [təˈrɪfɪk] adj (= very great) → fantastique, incroyable, terrible (= wonderful); formidable, sensationnel(le)
terrific [təˈrɪfɪk] adj (= very great) [thunderstorm, speed] → unheimlich; [time, party] → sagenhaft
terrific [təˈrɪfɪk] adj → incredibile, fantastico/a (= wonderful); formidabile, eccezionale


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