"terrific" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /təˈɹɪfɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-terrific.wav [UK], En-us-terrific.ogg [US] Forms: more terrific [comparative], most terrific [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪfɪk Etymology: From French terrifique, and its source, Latin terrificus (“terrifying”), from terrere (“to frighten, terrify”) + -ficus, from facere (“to make”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|terrifique}} French terrifique, {{der|en|la|terrificus|t=terrifying}} Latin terrificus (“terrifying”), {{m|la|terrere||to frighten, terrify}} terrere (“to frighten, terrify”), {{m|la|-ficus}} -ficus, {{m|la|facere||to make}} facere (“to make”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} terrific (comparative more terrific, superlative most terrific)
  1. (now rare) Terrifying, causing terror; terrible; sublime, awe-inspiring. Tags: archaic Synonyms: frightening Translations (terrifying): ужасен (užasen) (Bulgarian), страшен (strašen) (Bulgarian), verschrikkelijk (Dutch), vreselijk (Dutch), angstaanjagend (Dutch), terura (Esperanto), kamala (Finnish), terrifiant (French), fürchterlich (German), furchtbar (German), schrecklich (German), schreckeinjagend (German), grauenvoll (German), borzasztó [singular] (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-terrific-en-adj-FwUI2B-V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of 'terrifying': 94 4 3
  2. Very strong or intense; excessive, tremendous. Translations (great or intense): geweldig (Dutch), verschrikkelijk (Dutch), ega (Esperanto), hurja (Finnish), sagenhaft (German), irre (German), rasant (German), fulminant (German), gewaltig (German), hatalmas (Hungarian), taputapu kē [colloquial] (Maori), tūkuru [colloquial] (Maori)
    Sense id: en-terrific-en-adj-d-Ot~FZy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of 'great or intense': 10 88 2
  3. Extremely good; excellent, amazing. Translations (extremely good): geweldig (Dutch), bonega (Esperanto), suurenmoinen (Finnish), formidable (French), fantastique (French), fantastisch (German), hervorragend (German), supertoll (German), wahnsinnig (German), irre (German), sagenhaft (German), riesig (German), großartig (German), grandios (German), τρομερός (tromerós) [masculine] (Greek), φοβερός (foverós) [masculine] (Greek), φανταστικός (fantastikós) [masculine] (Greek), fantasztikus (Hungarian), szédületes (Hungarian), fíormhaith (Irish), eccezionale (Italian), stupendo (Italian), świetny [masculine] (Polish), wspaniały [masculine] (Polish), formidável (Portuguese), estupendo (Portuguese), fantástico (Portuguese), потряса́ющий (potrjasájuščij) (Russian), estupendo (Spanish), korkunç (Turkish), dehşet (Turkish), müthiş (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-terrific-en-adj-eFpcFagQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of 'extremely good': 2 14 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: brilliant, horrific, terrifick [obsolete] Related terms: terrible, terrify, terrifying, terror, terrorist, terrorize

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      "name": "m"
    }
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    {
      "form": "more terrific",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most terrific",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "word": "terrible"
    },
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      "word": "terrify"
    },
    {
      "word": "terrifying"
    },
    {
      "word": "terror"
    },
    {
      "word": "terrorist"
    },
    {
      "word": "terrorize"
    }
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        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1860, Charles Dickens, Captain Murderer",
          "text": "He made love in a coach and six, and married in a coach and twelve, and all his horses were milk-white horses with one red spot on the back which he caused to be hidden by the harness. For, the spot would come there, though every horse was milk-white when Captain Murderer bought him. And the spot was young bride's blood. (To this terrific point I am indebted for my first personal experience of a shudder and cold beads on the forehead.)",
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        }
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      ],
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          "terrifying"
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          "causing"
        ],
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          "terror",
          "terror"
        ],
        [
          "terrible",
          "terrible"
        ],
        [
          "sublime",
          "sublime"
        ],
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          "awe-inspiring",
          "awe-inspiring"
        ]
      ],
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        "(now rare) Terrifying, causing terror; terrible; sublime, awe-inspiring."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "frightening"
        }
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        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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          "text": "The car came round the bend at a terrific speed.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I've got a terrific hangover this morning.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1769, Joseph Collyer, transl., The Messiah, 4th edition, page 280",
          "text": "The ſtar tremulous turn'd its thundering poles, and the whole creation reſounded; when, with terrific haſte, Adamida, in obediance to the divine command, flew amidſt overwhelming ſtorms, ruſhing clouds, falling mountains, and ſwelling ſeas.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 23, column 2",
          "text": "When the warriors saw this, their cheers were terrific.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1954, “(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays”, Al Stillman (lyrics), Robert Allen (music)",
          "text": "From Atlantic to Pacific / Gee, the traffic is terrific.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very strong or intense; excessive, tremendous."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "excessive",
          "excessive"
        ],
        [
          "tremendous",
          "tremendous"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I say! She's a terrific tennis player."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Extremely good; excellent, amazing."
      ],
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        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "excellent",
          "excellent"
        ],
        [
          "amazing",
          "amazing"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/təˈɹɪfɪk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪfɪk"
    },
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      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "brilliant"
    },
    {
      "word": "horrific"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "terrifick"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "užasen",
      "sense": "terrifying",
      "word": "ужасен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "strašen",
      "sense": "terrifying",
      "word": "страшен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "terrifying",
      "word": "verschrikkelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "terrifying",
      "word": "vreselijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "terrifying",
      "word": "angstaanjagend"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "terrifying",
      "word": "terura"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "terrifying",
      "word": "kamala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "terrifying",
      "word": "terrifiant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "terrifying",
      "word": "fürchterlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "terrifying",
      "word": "furchtbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "terrifying",
      "word": "schrecklich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "terrifying",
      "word": "schreckeinjagend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "terrifying",
      "word": "grauenvoll"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "terrifying",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "borzasztó"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "great or intense",
      "word": "geweldig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "great or intense",
      "word": "verschrikkelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "great or intense",
      "word": "ega"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "great or intense",
      "word": "hurja"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "great or intense",
      "word": "sagenhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "great or intense",
      "word": "irre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "great or intense",
      "word": "rasant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "great or intense",
      "word": "fulminant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "great or intense",
      "word": "gewaltig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "great or intense",
      "word": "hatalmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "great or intense",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "taputapu kē"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "great or intense",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "tūkuru"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "geweldig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "bonega"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "suurenmoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "formidable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "fantastique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "fantastisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "hervorragend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "supertoll"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "wahnsinnig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "irre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "sagenhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "riesig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "großartig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "grandios"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tromerós",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "τρομερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "foverós",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φοβερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fantastikós",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φανταστικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "fantasztikus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "szédületes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "fíormhaith"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "eccezionale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "stupendo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "świetny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wspaniały"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "formidável"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "estupendo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "fantástico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "potrjasájuščij",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "потряса́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "estupendo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "korkunç"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "dehşet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "extremely good",
      "word": "müthiş"
    }
  ],
  "word": "terrific"
}

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