[syn: terrific, terrifying]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
terrific
adj 1: very great or intense; "a terrific noise"; "a terrific
thunderstorm storm"; "fought a terrific battle"
2: extraordinarily good or great ; 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, grand,
howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a),
terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous]
3: causing extreme terror; "a terrifying wail" [syn: terrific,
terrifying]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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