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English Dictionary: terrific	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
terrific adj very great or intense; "a terrific noise"; "a terrific thunderstorm storm"; "fought a terrific battle" 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" Synonym(s): fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous causing extreme terror; "a terrifying wail" Synonym(s): terrific, terrifying
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Terrific \Terrif"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.