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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | awful, atrocious, abominable, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable | Exceptionally bad or displeasing |
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| 2 | awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible | Causing fear or dread or terror | |
| 3 | awful, nasty | Offensive or even (of persons) malicious | |
| 4 | awful, awed | Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence | |
| 5 | awful, frightful, terrible, tremendous | Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact | |
| 6 | awful, amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awing | Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder | |
| ADVERB | 1 | awful, terribly, awfully, frightfully | Used as intensifiers |
| Sounds | aa'fahl; ao'fahl |
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| Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2061 more rhymes in ahl... |
| Meaning | Exceptionally bad or displeasing. |
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| Examples | "an awful voice" |
| Synonyms | atrocious, abominable, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable |
| Similar to | bad |
| Nouns | awfulness |
| Adverbs | awfully |
| Meaning | Causing fear or dread or terror. |
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| Examples | "the awful war"; "an awful risk" |
| Synonyms | dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
| Similar to | alarming |
| Nouns | awfulness |
| Adverbs | awfully; fearfully |
| Meaning | Offensive or even (of persons) malicious. |
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| Synonyms | nasty |
| Contrary | nice |
| Similar | dirty, filthy, lousy; grotty; hateful, mean |
| See also | unpleasant |
| Attribute of | nastiness |
| Nouns | awfulness |
| Meaning | Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence. |
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| Examples | "awful worshippers with bowed heads" |
| Synonyms | awed |
| Similar to | reverent |
| Meaning | Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact. |
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| Synonyms | frightful, terrible, tremendous |
| Similar to | extraordinary |
| Usage | colloquialism |
| Meaning | Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder. |
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| Examples | "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville |
| Synonyms | amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awing |
| Similar to | impressive |
| Meaning | Used as intensifiers. |
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| Examples | "I'm awful sorry" |
| Synonyms | terribly, awfully, frightfully |
| Usage | colloquialism |
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