Terrific

Adjective

 * 1)  Frighteningly good.
 * I say! She's a terrific tennis player.
 * 1)  Astounding or awesome.
 * The car came round the bend at a terrific speed.
 * 1) Terrifying; causing terror
 * The lightning was followed by a terrific clap of thunder.
 * 1) Frightful or very unpleasant.
 * I've got a terrific hangover this morning.
 * 1)  Extraordinarily great or intense.
 * terrific speed

Synonyms

 * brilliant
 * horrific

Related terms

 * terrible
 * terrify
 * terrifying
 * terror
 * terrorist
 * terrorize

Thesaurus
ace, agitating, appalling, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, breathtaking, deadly, dire, direful, disquieting, divine, dread, dreaded, dreadful, excellent, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, fearful, fell, first-class, formidable, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, gilt-edged, glorious, golden, great, grim, grisly, groovy, gruesome, heavenly, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, hot, howling, immense, incredible, keen, macabre, magnificent, marvelous, mind-boggling, morbid, outstanding, rattling, redoubtable, rousing, schrecklich, screaming, sensational, shocking, smashing, splendid, splendiferous, sterling, stupendous, super, superb, supereminent, superexcellent, superfine, superior, swell, terrible, terrorizing, thumping, tremendous, unbelievable, upsetting, whacking, wonderful

Etymology
< terrificus: < terrere: + -ficus: < facere:.

Translations

 * French: formidable, fantastique
 * German: fantastisch
 * Italian: eccezionale, stupendo


 * Spanish: estupendo
 * Turkish: korkunç, dehşet

Anagrams

 * ferritic