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Awful

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Definitions for Awful

adjective
exceptionally bad or displeasing
Synonyms
atrocious abominable dreadful painful terrible unspeakable
Examples
  1. atrocious taste
  2. abominable workmanship
  3. an awful voice
  4. dreadful manners
  5. a painful performance
  6. terrible handwriting
  7. an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
adjective
causing fear or dread or terror
Synonyms
dire direful dread(a) dreaded dreadful fearful fearsome frightening horrendous horrific terrible
Examples
  1. the awful war
  2. an awful risk
  3. dire news
  4. a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
  5. the dread presence of the headmaster
  6. polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
  7. a dreadful storm
  8. a fearful howling
  9. horrendous explosions shook the city
  10. a terrible curse
adjective
offensive or even (of persons) malicious
Synonyms
nasty
Examples
  1. in a nasty mood
  2. a nasty accident
  3. a nasty shock
  4. a nasty smell
  5. a nasty trick to pull
  6. Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound
adjective
inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
Synonyms
awed
Examples
  1. awed by the silence
  2. awful worshippers with bowed heads
adjective
extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
Synonyms
frightful terrible tremendous
Examples
  1. in a frightful hurry
  2. spent a frightful amount of money
adjective
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
Synonyms
amazing awe-inspiring awesome awing
Examples
  1. New York is an amazing city
  2. the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight
  3. the awesome complexity of the universe
  4. this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville
  5. Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent
adverb
used as intensifiers
Synonyms
terribly awfully frightfully
Examples
  1. terribly interesting
  2. I'm awful sorry

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