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something terrible

something terrible adverb: to a great degree.

Adverb

something terrible

  1. (colloquial, degree) To a great degree.
    • I've got the hiccups something terrible, Mom.1988 November 16, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes
    • You see the streets have me stressed somethin' terrible.1994, Nas, “"One Love"”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Questions about something terrible

What does something terrible mean?
Something terrible means to a great degree.
What part of speech is something terrible?
Something terrible is an adverb.

Words near something terrible in the dictionary

  1. something or other
  2. something or the other
  3. something something
  4. something somethings
  5. something tells one
  6. something terrible
  7. something to
  8. something to write home about
  9. something's
  10. something's up
  11. something, something

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