TERRIBLE, TERRIBLY
ADJECTIVES
..888 — EISLICH fearful, terrible → obs.
1000 — EISFUL fearful, terrible → obs.
1150 — GRISLY causing horror, terror, or extreme fear; horrible or terrible to behold or to bear; causing unpleasant feelings; of forbidding appearance; grim ghastly → arch.
1200 — AWLY awful, dreadful, terrible → obs.
1200 — EYEFUL arousing, awe, fear, or dread; terrible, dreadful → obs.
1225 — DERF painful, grievous; terrible, dreadful, cruel → obs.
1225 — EYESFUL arousing awe, fear, or dread; terrible, dreadful → obs.
1225 — GRUREFUL awful, terrible → obs.
1240 — GRIMFUL fierce, terrible → obs.
1300 — DOUTOUS fraught with terror; fearful, dreadful, terrible → obs.
1300 — GRISE terrible; fearful → obs.
1300 — GRISFUL horrible; terrible → obs.
1455 — TIMOROUS causing fear or dread; dreadful, terrible → obs.
1495 — GHASTFUL dreadful, terrible → arch.
1508 — ELDRITCH weird, ghostly, unnatural; frightful, hideous, ghastly, fearful, terrible → Sc.
1562 — TIRABLE terrible → obs.
1645 — JUDGEMENT-LIKE so terrible as to be regarded as a sign of God’s displeasure → Sc.
.M17 — PRECIOUS awful, terrible, disastrous
1656 — FORMIDOLOUS to be feared, fearful, dreadful, terrible → obs.
1660 — DEADLY excessive, terrible, awful → colloq.
1786 — AWFUL frightful, offensive, exceedingly bad or inferior; unpleasant; terrible → colloq.
1813 — ROTTEN very bad or unpleasant; nasty, terrible, awful → colloq.
1824 — AWSOME awful, terrible → Sc.
1827 — GAST — GHAST frightened; terrible → Sc.
1828 — UNCO weird, uncanny; terrible; unlucky → Sc.
1829 — ALL-FIRED terrible, extreme, confounded → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1861 — UNKED — UNKERD — UNKID weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible → Eng. dial.
1866 — GASHLY ghastly, terrible; dismal, pale, wan ;hideous, disagreeable → Eng. dial.
1877 — ANOINTED very great, terrible → Eng. dial.
1881 — HAYNESS horrible, dreadful, terrible, heinous → Eng. dial.
1893 — TURBLE terrible → chiefly Amer. dial.
1897 — GOD-AWFUL terrible, dreadful → US sl.
..L19 — ADJECTIVAL euphemism for ‘bloody’, abominable, terrible → sl., chiefly Aust.
..L19 — ADJECTIVE euphemism for ‘bloody’, abominable, terrible → sl., chiefly Aust.
..L19 — VERMILION abominable, terrible → Aust. euphemism for ‘bloody’
..20C — BALD bad; terrible → teen & high school sl.
..20C — BURNT terrible; tough; strict → teen & high school sl.
1907 — FIERCE terrible, disagreeable in the extreme; extremely bad or severe → Amer. dial.
1920 — HAEMATOID ‘bloody’, abominable or terrible → euphemism
1930 — SADDER THAN A MAP very bad, terrible, disgusting → African-American sl.
1946 — SAD terrible → US sl.
1970 — GROUDY sickening; terrible → US high school sl. (Bk.)
1976 — HELLACIOUS dreadful, terrible → US sl.
1980 — RAT-SHIT dreadful, terrible; of poor quality → Aust. & NZ sl.
1981 — GAG-AWFUL horrible, terrible → US students’ sl.
1992 — ASS terrible, bad → US sl.
ADVERBS
1225 — AWLY awfully, terribly, dreadfully → obs.
1325 — DERF grievously, terribly → obs.
1953 — MARVELLOUS exceedingly, terribly → Amer. dial.
INTERJECTIONS
..20C — BEAT! that’s terrible! → teen & high school sl.
NOUNS
1000 — FEAR a sudden and terrible event; peril → obs.
1586 — DIRITY direness, dreadfulness, terribleness, cruelty → obs.
1731 — TERRILOQUY the speaking of terrible or dreadful things
1920 — OLD NICK something terrible → sl.
1980 — DEATH a terrible situation or event → US students’ sl.
1981 — A BASTARD OF A THING a terrible thing → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
1825 — HUMGRUFFIAN a terrible or repulsive person
1842 — HUMGRUFFIN a terrible or repulsive person
VERBS
1605 — TERRIBLIZE to make or become terrible → obs.
1931 — AWFULIZE to class as awful or terrible
Lexicophilia 