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something terrible

ADVERB

brutally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ferociously fiercely mercilessly relentlessly ruthlessly savagely viciously

WEAK

atrociously barbarically barbarously brutishly callously demoniacally diabolically ferally hardheartedly heartlessly in cold blood inexorably inhumanely inhumanly meanly murderously pitilessly remorselessly something fierce unkindly unrelentingly

Antonyms

WEAK

gently humanely kindly nicely

Example Sentences

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She imagined something terrible befalling her, and her parents discovering her mounting credit-card bills.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The 2007 opening of FX’s groundbreaking legal drama “Damages,” in which Byrne’s young lawyer, Ellen Parsons, flees an uptown New York apartment building in which something terrible has clearly happened, sparked all manner of conversation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

“If something terrible happens, if it is an emergency, well, I’ll take a risk.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025

"You could feel it in the air that something terrible was going to happen - it was just a question of when," she said.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025

I sensed that something terrible was beginning to happen in the world, but I tried to shut it out of my mind by reading and writing.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

something terrible

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