AEE 2521: That's Terrible! How Passionate People Articulate Negative Things

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AugsReiko

2025.12.10

1.Horrible 有时更侧重主观感受（如a horrible experience糟糕的体验），Terrible 有时更侧重客观质量（如terrible weather糟糕的天气），但区别不大。

2.appalling: more disgusting

3.Horrifying: stronger than terrible horrible

4.· 形容道德上的恶劣，用 appalling。
· 形容令人恐惧/震惊的极端事件，用 horrifying。
· 形容一般的糟糕情况或感受，用 horrible 或 terrible。

5.the terrible twos
when the neophobia comes up. they get crazy about trying new foods right like they don‘t want that.

ex: Sheila just entered her terrible twos, so I’ve been trying to figure out how to handle her outbursts.

Bota1013

2025.11.27

that's terrible! How passionate people articulate negative things
Ex: the traffic is horrible at this time of day so avoid the highway
Ex: i feel horrible! i have a bad cold
Ex: workload isn't too terrible!
terrible two:
Ex:she's just entered her terrible two so i just trying to figure out how to handle her
to feel terrible: mentally terrible
Ex:i feel terrible about this that i can't come to your wedding
horribly;
Ex:i feel terribly sorry! but i will not be expecting the position
Ex：she just lost her phone,That's terrible!
a terrible blow :something hits you in a bad way
Ex:it was terrible blow for him when he didn't get into his dream school
Ex:we had a horrible experience at that hotel
Ex:that's horrible! Why didn't you tell me your hamster died
horribly;
Ex:that's horribly rude of you!
horrifying; that's something scary but also not scary in the typical way
Ex: the ghost is horrifying!
Ex:that price tag on that furniture is horrifying!
polling: used in a sense of disgusting way
Ex: his behavior is polling!

Role play:
A: i feel terrible for her
B: same! She thought this one is the one, it's really horrible!
A:yeah! what did he said to her at the end was horrifying!
B:oh totally polling!

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