{
    "term": "terrible",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "very unpleasant; making you feel very unhappy, upset or frightened",
            "labels": "especially British English",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a terrible experience"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What terrible news!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've just had a terrible thought."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a terrible thing to happen to someone so young."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That’s a terrible thing to say!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It smells terrible in here."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It must have been terrible to witness the accident."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I thought something really terrible had happened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It must have been terrible for the survivors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nothing very terrible happened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's had a terrible shock."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How terrible for you!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was the night of that terrible storm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Both his parents died when he was six; it was terrible."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["really", "truly", "absolutely"],
                "preposition": ["for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "causing great harm or injury; very serious",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a terrible accident"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had suffered terrible injuries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll have to stay with her—she's in a terrible state."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The storm was terrible and caused a lot of damage."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["really", "truly", "absolutely"],
                "preposition": ["for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "unhappy or ill",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I feel terrible—I think I'll go to bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You look terrible, you'd better sit down."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems", "Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["really", "truly", "absolutely"],
                "preposition": ["for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "of very bad quality; very bad",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a terrible meal"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your driving is terrible!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have a terrible memory for names."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cyclists claim that most city streets are in terrible condition."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["really", "truly", "absolutely"],
                "preposition": ["for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "used to show the great extent or degree of something bad",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a terrible mistake"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to be in terrible pain"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The room was in a terrible mess."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a terrible tragedy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had a terrible job *(= it was very difficult)* to persuade her to come."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You’ll be in terrible trouble if you’re late again."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sometimes the pain is so terrible I can't sleep."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈterəbl/",
                "audio": "te/terrible/terrible__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈterəbl/",
                "audio": "te/terrible/terrible__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘causing terror’): via French from Latin terribilis, from terrere ‘frighten’."
}