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awful
[ aw-fuhl ]
adjective
- extremely bad; unpleasant; ugly:
awful paintings; an awful job.
- inspiring fear; dreadful; terrible:
an awful noise.
- solemnly impressive; inspiring awe:
the awful majesty of alpine peaks.
- full of awe; reverential.
- extremely dangerous, risky, injurious, etc.:
That was an awful fall she had. He took an awful chance by driving here so fast.
adverb
- Informal. very; extremely:
He did an awful good job of painting the barn. It's awful hot in here.
awful
/ ˈɔːfʊl /
adjective
- very bad; unpleasant
- archaic.inspiring reverence or dread
- archaic.overcome with awe; reverential
adverb
- not_standard.(intensifier)
an awful cold day
Confusables Note
Derived Forms
- ˈawfulness, noun
Other Words From
- awful·ness noun
- quasi-awful adjective
- quasi-awful·ly adverb
- un·awful adjective
- un·awful·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of awful1
Example Sentences
But this wasn’t just any week: It was time for Che and Jost’s annual joke swap, in which each writes awful, offensive jokes that the other must read out loud.
"Yeah, I've seen it so often. I'm different from her and she felt despair… She wanted justice and she felt it was just awful. I think she lost faith in the government completely."
Mr Cottrell also said he had been faced with a "horrible and intolerable" situation and that it was "awful to live with and to manage".
"You begin to feel the most terrible anxiety, because you don't know if they are going to stop in front of your cell. It is impossible to express how awful a feeling this was."
Is it just a neat way to take a breather from all the awful stuff happening under the trees?
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