Ter"ri*ble (?), a. [F., fr. L. terribilis, fr. terrere to frighten. See Terror.]
1.
Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable.
Prudent in peace, and terrible in war.
Prior.
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
Deut. vii. 21.
2.
Excessive; extreme; severe.
[Colloq.]
The terrible coldness of the season.
Clarendon.
Syn. -- Terrific; fearful; frightful; formidable; dreadful; horrible; shocking; awful.
-- Ter"ri*ble*ness, n. -- Ter"ri*bly, adv.
© Webster 1913.