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terrific

[tuh-rif-ik]

adjective

  1. extraordinarily great or intense.

    terrific speed.

    Synonyms: ,
  2. extremely good; wonderful.

    a terrific vacation.

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  3. causing terror; terrifying.



terrific

/ əˈɪɪ /

adjective

  1. very great or intense

    a terrific noise

  2. informalvery good; excellent

    a terrific singer

  3. very frightening

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • terrifically adverb
  • unterrific adjective
  • unterrifically adverb
  • ٱˈھ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of terrific1

1660–70; < Latin terrificus frightening, equivalent to terr ( ŧ ) to frighten + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of terrific1

C17: from Latin terrificus, from terrŧ to frighten; see -fic
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America's Sam Burns will take a one-shot lead into Sunday's final round of the US Open after a terrific finish to the third round at Oakmont.

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"I suddenly got this terrific pain on my leg," he told the BBC's Three Counties Radio.

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And even if the words “shark-loving serial killer” don’t speak to you, “Dangerous Animals” effortlessly checks every box of what a terrific, post-“Jaws” shark movie can and should be.

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Davis and Hershiser are a terrific pair on the Dodgers’ television broadcasts, but they did just 51 games together in 2023 and 60 last year, according to Eric Stephen of True Blue LA.

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Schoenberg even wrote a terrific MGM-style Hollywood Bowl fanfare that for no good reason never gets played.

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