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lilyyang

tw   Taiwan

I feel terrible.

October 2021

I saw the dialogue from a textbook as below:

Caller 1: Hello, Dr. Hilda. I’m calling about my daughter. She’s… she’s dating an older man.

Dr. Hilda: Oh? How old are these two people?

Caller 1: My daughter’s 24, and this man is 42.

Dr. Hilda: Mm-hmm.

Caller 1: I told her she had to stop seeing him, and… and now she won’t speak to me. I feel terrible. Tell me, Dr. Hilda, what should I have done?

Question: I'd like to know what "I feel terrible" means in this sentence.

Thank you!!!

Flest

us   United States
October 2021

I feel very bad

tbinder

us   United States
October 2021

She feels terrible that her daughter is not talking to her and the general situation. This could be both a mental and physically feeling she is having.

ellaesa

us   United States
October 2021

I think in this case, "I feel terrible" is expressing regret and not necessarily a physical feeling. Caller 1 is sorry that their actions caused their daughter not to speak to them. Caller 1 regrets upsetting their daughter.

evgueny40

ru   Russian Federation
October 2021

I feel terrible = I feel very bad, shocking, awful, very unpleasant.

I hope it helps to understand the sentence.

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