I feel terrible
In bad shape
A common expression of physical or emotional distress.
It can describe illness I feel terrible—I think I'm coming down with something, guilt I feel terrible about what I said, or general unhappiness.
The phrase invites sympathy or explains diminished capacity: I feel terrible, so I'm going to skip the party.
- awfulExtremely bad quality
- miserableWretchedly unhappy, dejected
- horribleExtremely bad or unpleasant
- like death warmed overExtremely unwell in appearance
- sickUnwell or impressively cool
sick to my stomach · guilty · nauseous · dreadful · wretched · lousy · queasy · under the weather · ashamed · regretful · so sorry · unwell · sorry · rotten · crummy · rough · out of sorts · down
- apologiessorry, forgive me, my mistake, mea culpa, sincere apology