terrif

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adjective

terrific; wonderful; very good

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Meanings

adjectiveterrif (not comparable)

alternative triff

  1. not comparableslangterrific; wonderful; very good

    Night, Arlene, it was terrif.

    2013, Janette Lawler, The Competent Woman, page 154
    1 more example

    "It's the same show, but I thought it was terrif. Would you like to see it again?"

    1960, Frederic Alexander Birmingham, It was Fun While it Lasted, page 214

Origin

Clipping of terrific.

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Cite this entry
APA

terrif. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terrif

MLA

“terrif.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terrif. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “terrif,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terrif.

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