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{
"term": "terrible",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "very unpleasant; making you feel very unhappy, upset or frightened",
"labels": "especially British English",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a terrible experience"
},
{
"text": "What terrible news!"
},
{
"text": "I've just had a terrible thought."
},
{
"text": "It was a terrible thing to happen to someone so young."
},
{
"text": "That’s a terrible thing to say!"
},
{
"text": "It smells terrible in here."
},
{
"text": "It must have been terrible to witness the accident."
},
{
"text": "I thought something really terrible had happened."
},
{
"text": "It must have been terrible for the survivors."
},
{
"text": "Nothing very terrible happened."
},
{
"text": "He's had a terrible shock."
},
{
"text": "How terrible for you!"
},
{
"text": "It was the night of that terrible storm."
},
{
"text": "Both his parents died when he was six; it was terrible."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["really", "truly", "absolutely"],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "causing great harm or injury; very serious",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a terrible accident"
},
{
"text": "He had suffered terrible injuries."
},
{
"text": "I'll have to stay with her—she's in a terrible state."
},
{
"text": "The storm was terrible and caused a lot of damage."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["really", "truly", "absolutely"],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "unhappy or ill",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I feel terrible—I think I'll go to bed."
},
{
"text": "You look terrible, you'd better sit down."
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems", "Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["really", "truly", "absolutely"],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "of very bad quality; very bad",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a terrible meal"
},
{
"text": "Your driving is terrible!"
},
{
"text": "I have a terrible memory for names."
},
{
"text": "Cyclists claim that most city streets are in terrible condition."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["really", "truly", "absolutely"],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "used to show the great extent or degree of something bad",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a terrible mistake"
},
{
"text": "to be in terrible pain"
},
{
"text": "The room was in a terrible mess."
},
{
"text": "It was a terrible tragedy."
},
{
"text": "I had a terrible job *(= it was very difficult)* to persuade her to come."
},
{
"text": "You’ll be in terrible trouble if you’re late again."
},
{
"text": "Sometimes the pain is so terrible I can't sleep."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈterəbl/",
"audio": "te/terrible/terrible__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈterəbl/",
"audio": "te/terrible/terrible__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘causing terror’): via French from Latin terribilis, from terrere ‘frighten’."
}