vituperator, chider, castigator, Xanthippe,
terminal, adj. 1. ending, bounding, limiting, bordering, boundary, restraining, confining, restrictive; fixed, clear-cut, determinate, definite.
2. terminating, closing, concluding, ultimate, final; fatal, deadly, mortal, lethal, Archaic, lethiferous.
-n. 3. end, boundary, terminus, termination; limit, bound, border, edge, verge, bourn, mete, frontier, march; extremity, utmost extent, apex, pinnacle, summit, Latin, ne plus ultra.
terminate, v. 1. end, complete, conclude, bring to an end, abort; finish, close, (in radio and T. V.) sign off, discontinue, cease, drop; expire, run out, lapse, wind up; accomplish, achieve, consummate.
2. bound spatially, form the extremity of, set bounds to; define, delimit, limit, demarcate; circumscribe, encompass, confine.
termination, n. 1. end, conclusion, close, cessation; completion, consummation, accomplishment, achievement; finish, ending, finis, windup, denouement, Rhet. peroration, epilogue, fall of the curtain, lights out.
2. boundary, limit, terminal. See - terminal (def. 3). terminology, n. nomenclature, terms, language, vocabulary; wording, phrasing, phraseology, locution; jargon, Inf. lingo, argot, cant; bureaucratese, journalese, newspaperese, businessese, shoptalk, Washington-ese, Pentagonese, officialese, newspeak, educationese, cinemaese, legalese, medicalese.
terminus, n. 1. end, extremity, furthermost part, terminal; pole, point, nib, tip, top, head, horn; limitation, bound, boundary, limit, pale, bourn; border, confine, margin; acme, apogee, ultimate, utmost, uttermost, extreme.
2. goal, objective, aim, target, mark,
terrestrial, adj. 1. earthly, terrene, tellurian, telluric, Archaic, earthy; earthbound, sublunary, subas-tral, Bot., Zool. geophilous; Class. Myth, chthonic or chthonian.
2. mundane, worldly, temporal, subcelestial; secular, profane.
terrible, adj. 1. unbearable, unendurable, intolerable, insufferable, more than flesh and blood can bear, Inf. too much; extreme, severe, harsh, rough, grim.
2. odious, obnoxious, abominable, abhorrent, loathsome, hateful, despicable, detestable, contemptible; disgusting, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, gross; foul, filthy, vile, Inf. lousy, Inf. rotten.
3. formidable, redoubtable, awesome, awe-inspiring, awful; dread, dreadful, dire, fell; fearful, frightful, horrifying, terrifying, Inf. terrific, harrowing; horrible, horrific, horrid, horrendous, unspeakable; hideous, gruesome, grisly, macabre.
terrific, adj. 1. Informal, superb, splendid, sensational, exceptional, Sl. terrif; marvelous, Sl. marvy, Sl. far-out, Inf. out of this world; wonderful, smashing, superfine, superexcellent, Inf. super-duper, Sl. super, Australian, bonzer; great, excellent, first-class, outstanding, standout, superior, Inf. A-l or A-one or A number one, Sl. bang-up, Brit. Sl. bang on, Brit. Sl. spot-on.
2. Informal, intense, extreme, tremendous, Inf. whacking, Inf. thumping, Inf. rousing.
3. Informal, terrible. See - terrible (def. 3).
terrified, adj. horrified, horror-struck, terror-stricken, awe-struck; frightened out of one's wits or skin, scared to death, Sl. scared stiff; petrified, paralyzed, frozen, stupefied, stunned; unnerved, unmanned, undone, unstrung, Sl. spooked.