Terrific

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Terrific \Ter*rif"ic\, a. [L. terrificus; fr. terrere to
     frighten + facere to make. See {Terror}, and {Fact}.]
     Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread;
     terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  terrific
       adj 1: very great or intense; "a terrific noise"; "a terrific
              thunderstorm storm"; "fought a terrific battle"
       2: extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers; "a
          fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!";
          "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare
          books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a
          tremendous achievement" [syn: {fantastic}, {howling(a)}, {marvelous},
           {marvellous}, {rattling(a)}, {tremendous}, {wonderful}, {wondrous}]
       3: causing extreme terror; "a terrifying wail" [syn: {terrifying}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "terrific":
     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