Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Terrible
Terrible as a Cerberus.
—Anonymous
Terrible as the curse of a dead man’s eye.
—Anonymous
Terrible as Jove.
—Anonymous
Terrible as the god of war.
—Gustave Flaubert
Terrible … something like the shriek of a giant in pain.
—Thomas A. Janvier
Terrible as a meteor of fire.
—James Macpherson
Terrible as hell.
—John Milton
Terrible as torrents in their fall.
—James Montgomery
Terrible as war.
—Hannah More
Terrible … like flames of death.
—Ossian
Terrible as the sea.
—John Ruskin
Terrible as fire.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne
His countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible.
—Old Testament
Terrible as an army with banners.
—Old Testament