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Once it meant awe-inspiring dread; now it just means your wifi.
means Very bad, of low quality, or causing distress — the everyday word for things that fail us.
from From Latin terribilis, terrere, to frighten — it began as genuine terror and slowly slid into mere disappointment.
Faded powerIvan the Terrible meant awesome, not bad.
CousinsShares roots with terror, terrify, deter.
Intensifier driftNow softened to mean merely unpleasant.