Grammatical class

Adjective

terrible

(all senses) terrible

Details

Syllables

ter-ri-ble

Phonetics

tɛ.ʁibl

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

736

Freq. (movies)

727

Freq. (news)

2959

Sentences

C'est terrible.

It's terrible.

A1

C'était terrible.

It was awful.

A1

Tom est terrible.

Tom is terrible.

A1

Est-ce si terrible ?

Is that so terrible?

A1

Ça a l'air terrible.

That sounds awful.

A2

Ça a dû être terrible.

That must've been terrible.

A2

Quelle terrible erreur !

What a terrible mistake!

B1

Il contracta un terrible rhume.

He caught a terrible cold.

B1

Un terrible destin l'attendait.

A terrible fate awaited him.

B1

William a fait un choix terrible.

William made a terrible choice.

B1

Une terrible erreur a été commise.

A terrible mistake has been made.

B2

Mais à peine se vit-il en chemin qu’une pensée terrible l’assaillit, et telle, que peu s’en fallut qu’elle ne lui fît abandonner l’entreprise commencée.

But scarcely did he see himself on the road when a terrible thought assaulted him, and such that little was missing to make him abandon the enterprise he had started.

C2