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Awful Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Awful? [adv] (informal) used as intensifiers, as in"terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry" [adj] causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" [adj] exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" [adj] inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent" [adj] offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound [adj] inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Awful: abominable \| alarming \| amazing \| atrocious \| awed \| awe-inspiring \| awesome \| awfully \| awing \| bad \| dire \| direful \| dirty \| dread(a) \| dreaded \| dreadful \| fearful \| fearsome \| filthy \| frightening \| frightfully \| grotty \| hateful \| horrendous \| horrific \| impressive \| lousy \| mean \| nasty \| painful \| reverent \| terrible \| terribly \| unpleasant \| unspeakable Related Terms \| Find terms related to Awful: abominable \| appalling \| arrant \| astounding \| atrocious \| august \| awe-inspiring \| awesome \| awfully \| awing \| Babylonian \| bad \| baneful \| barbaric \| base \| beastly \| beneath contempt \| big \| bizarre \| blameworthy \| brutal \| contemptible \| Corinthian \| crazy \| damned \| deadly \| deluxe \| deplorable \| despicable \| detestable \| dire \| direful \| disgusting \| divine \| dread \| dreaded \| dreadful \| eerie \| egregious \| elaborate \| elegant \| enormous \| estimable \| execrable \| extravagant \| extremely \| fancy \| fearful \| fell \| fetid \| filthy \| fine \| flagrant \| forbidding \| formidable \| foul \| frightful \| fulsome \| ghastly \| ghoulish \| glorious \| grand \| grandiose \| grave \| greatly \| grievous \| grim \| grisly \| gross \| grotesque \| gruesome \| hateful \| heavenly \| heinous \| hideous \| holy \| honorable \| horrendous \| horrible \| horrid \| horrific \| horrifying \| howling \| hugely \| imposing \| impressive \| ineffable \| inenarrable \| inexpressible \| infamous \| inferior \| inviolable \| inviolate \| lamentable \| loathsome \| lousy \| luxurious \| macabre \| magnificent \| majestic \| monstrous \| morbid \| mortally \| moving \| much \| mysterious \| nasty \| nefarious \| noble \| noisome \| notorious \| numinous \| obnoxious \| odious \| offensive \| ominous \| outrageous \| palatial \| pitiable \| pitiful \| plush \| portentous \| posh \| princely \| proud \| rank \| redoubtable \| regrettable \| religious \| repelling \| reprehensible \| repugnant \| repulsive \| reverend \| revolting \| ritzy \| rotten \| rousing \| sacred \| sacrosanct \| sad \| scandalous \| schlock \| schrecklich \| scurvy \| serious \| shabby \| shameful \| shocking \| shoddy \| solemn \| sordid \| spiritual \| splendacious \| splendid \| splendiferous \| squalid \| stately \| sumptuous \| superb \| superfancy \| superfine \| swank \| swanky \| swell \| tasteless \| terrible \| terribly \| terrific \| thumping \| time-honored \| too bad \| tragic \| tremendous \| ugly \| uncanny \| unclean \| unpleasant \| unsightly \| unspeakable \| untouchable \| unutterable \| venerable \| vile \| villainous \| weird \| whacking \| whopping \| woeful \| worshipful \| worst \| worthless \| wretched See Also \| Awful In Webster's Dictionary \Aw"ful\, a. 1. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene. ``The hour of Nature's awful throes.'' --Hemans. 2. Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive. Heaven's awful Monarch. --Milton. 3. Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken. [Obs.] A weak and awful reverence for antiquity. --I. Watts. 4. Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding. [Obs.] Thrust from the company of awful men. --Shak. 5. Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster. [Slang] Syn: See {Frightful}.

Awful Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Awful?

[adv] (informal) used as intensifiers, as in"terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry"
[adj] causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
[adj] exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
[adj] inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"
[adj] offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound
[adj] inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads"

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Awful In Webster's Dictionary

\Aw"ful\, a.
1. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as,
   an awful scene. ``The hour of Nature's awful throes.''
   --Hemans.

2. Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with
   fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear;
   profoundly impressive.

         Heaven's awful Monarch.               --Milton.

3. Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken. [Obs.]

         A weak and awful reverence for antiquity. --I.
                                               Watts.

4. Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding. [Obs.]

         Thrust from the company of awful men. --Shak.

5. Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively;
   as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster. [Slang]

Syn: See {Frightful}.

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