terrific

terrific
    adj 1: very great or intense; "a terrific noise"; "a terrific
           thunderstorm storm"; "fought a terrific battle"
    2: extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as
       intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was
       fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of
       rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a
       tremendous achievement" [syn: {fantastic}, {grand},
       {howling(a)}, {marvelous}, {marvellous}, {rattling(a)},
       {terrific}, {tremendous}, {wonderful}, {wondrous}]
    3: causing extreme terror; "a terrifying wail" [syn: {terrific},
       {terrifying}]
    

Terrific \Ter*rif"ic\, a. [L. terrificus; fr. terrere to
   frighten + facere to make. See {Terror}, and {Fact}.]
   Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread;
   terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight.
   [1913 Webster]
    

82 Moby Thesaurus words for "terrific":
      ace, agitating, appalling, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome,
      awful, breathtaking, deadly, dire, direful, disquieting, divine,
      dread, dreaded, dreadful, excellent, exceptional, exquisite,
      extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, fearful, fell, first-class,
      formidable, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, gilt-edged, glorious,
      golden, great, grim, grisly, groovy, gruesome, heavenly, hideous,
      horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, hot, howling,
      immense, incredible, keen, macabre, magnificent, marvelous,
      mind-boggling, morbid, outstanding, rattling, redoubtable, rousing,
      schrecklich, screaming, sensational, shocking, smashing, splendid,
      splendiferous, sterling, stupendous, super, superb, supereminent,
      superexcellent, superfine, superior, swell, terrible, terrorizing,
      thumping, tremendous, unbelievable, upsetting, whacking,
      wonderful