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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. very great or intense;
- Example: "a terrific noise"
- Example: "a terrific thunderstorm storm"
- Example: "fought a terrific battle"

2. extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers;
- Example: "a fantastic trip to the Orient"
- Example: "the film was fantastic!"
- Example: "a howling success"
- Example: "a marvelous collection of rare books"
- Example: "had a rattling conversation about politics"
- Example: "a tremendous achievement"
[syn: fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous]

3. causing extreme terror;
- Example: "a terrifying wail"
[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