terrific

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    very great or intense
    extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers
    causing extreme terror

Word Origin

terrific (adj.)
1660s, "frightening," from Latin terrificus "causing terror or fear, frightful," from terrere "fill with fear" (see terrible) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Weakened sensed of "very great, severe" (as in terrific headache) appeared 1809; inverted colloquial sense of "excellent" began 1888. Related: Terrifically.

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Example

1. Those cardboard tubes make terrific cable tidies !
2. Open it carefully - because it makes a terrific freezer / food bag .
3. In fact , keywords may help creative minds to find terrific ideas or at least be the starting point of an efficient brainstorming .
4. There are some terrific programs out there , but they 're still too far and few between .
5. I think he 's a terrific young coach , and he 'll get better and better .

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