unterrific
/ˌʌn.təˈɹɪf.ɪk/
unterrific adjective: unterrifying; not causing or involving terror.
Adjective
unterrific (comparative more unterrific, superlative most unterrific)
- Unterrifying; not causing or involving terror.
- It was like the dark, cold, but unterrific and comparatively soothing night, that succeeds to a day of storm and earthquake.1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume IV, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 366
- Unexceptional, ordinary.
- Of these the nearest — yet about twelve miles distant — is the before-named Brezon, a majestic, but unterrific, fortalice of cliff, forest, and meadow, with unseen nests of village, and unexpected balm and honey of garden and orchard nursed in its recesses.1887, John Ruskin, Præterita: Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts, George Allen, pages 392–393
Forms of unterrific
| comparative | more unterrific |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unterrific |
Origin of unterrific
From un- + terrific.
Words that rhyme with unterrific
- specific
- prolific
- calorific
- colorific
- hieroglyphic
- honorific
- scientific
- terrific
- -ific
- biospecific
- calcific
- dolorific
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- febrific
- interspecific
- morbific
- organific
- pacific
- signific
- soporific
- sudorific
- triglyphic
- trispecific
- vaporific
- acidific
- algific
- allospecific
- anaglyphic
- anticalcific
- antiprolific
- aspecific
- aurific
- bioscientific
- bispecific
- carbonific
- chylific
- classific
- coelanaglyphic
- conspecific
- cornific
- cospecific
- crapperific
- damnific
- deific
- diaglyphic
- ditriglyphic
- frigorific
- geoglyphic
- grandific
- hipsterific
- horrific
- humilific
- inspecific
- lactific
- lapidific
- lithoglyphic
- lucific
- lucrific
- mirific
- nanospecific
- omnific
Questions about unterrific
- What does unterrific mean?
- Unterrific means unterrifying; not causing or involving terror.
- What part of speech is unterrific?
- Unterrific is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unterrific?
- Unterrific is pronounced /ˌʌn.təˈɹɪf.ɪk/.
Words near unterrific in the dictionary
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