Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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terrible

/ˈtɛɹəbəl/ adjective, adverb

Forms terribler terriblest

  1. adjective Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome “The witch laid a terrible curse on him.”
  2. adjective Formidable, powerful.
  3. adjective Intense; extreme in degree or extent. “He paid a terrible price for his life of drinking.”
  4. adjective Very unpleasant; disagreeable. “The food was terrible, but it was free.”
  5. adjective Very bad; lousy. “Whatever he thinks, he is a terrible driver.”
  6. adjective (especially Ireland, with "for") Prone to a particular temptation. “He's a terrible man for beer.”
  7. adverb (colloquial, dialect) In a terrible way; to a terrible extent; terribly; awfully.

Synonyms

awful dire direful dread dreaded dreadful fearful fearsome frightening horrendous horrific atrocious abominable painful unspeakable severe wicked frightful tremendous

Antonyms

excellent

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English terrible, from Old French terrible, from Latin terribilis (“frightful”), from terreō (“to frighten, terrify, alarm; to deter by terror, scare (away)”). Compare terror, deter. By surface analysis, terror + -ible.
Displaced Old English atol and sliþe, while also largely overtaking grimm.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable.
  2. adjective Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.]

Etymology [F., fr. L. terribilis, fr. terrere to frighten. See Terror.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “terrible”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

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