rather terrible

Frequency: 6.045.1 per million words

A slightly more formal way to say something is moderately or significantly terrible, can also express surprise.

terribleADVERB + terrible

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Examples (10)

  • The weather today is rather terrible, isn't it?
  • I found his performance to be rather terrible, to be honest.
  • The news we received this morning was rather terrible.
  • Her cooking was rather terrible, but we ate it politely.
  • He made a rather terrible mistake on the report.
  • The traffic jam was rather terrible, delaying us by hours.
  • It's rather terrible that they cancelled the event at the last minute.
  • Despite their efforts, the outcome was rather terrible.
  • The conditions in the old building were rather terrible.
  • To my surprise, the customer service was rather terrible.