Hyphenation of terrible

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word terrible? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of terrible:

1.	Causing fear or dread or terror The awful war An awful risk Dire news A career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked The dread presence of the headmaster Polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was A dreadful storm A fearful howling Horrendous explosions shook the city A terrible curse
2.	Exceptionally bad or displeasing Atrocious taste Abominable workmanship An awful voice Dreadful manners A painful performance Terrible handwriting An unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
3.	Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality Severe pain A severe case of flu A terrible cough Under wicked fire from the enemy's guns A wicked cough
4.	Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact In a frightful hurry Spent a frightful amount of money

Synonyms of terrible:

adj	awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, alarming
adj	atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, unspeakable, bad
adj	severe, wicked, intense
adj	fearful, frightful, bad

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.