awful in English dictionary

  • awful

    Meanings and definitions of "awful"

    • Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
    • (now rare) Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.
    • Struck or filled with awe.
    • (obsolete) Terror-stricken.
    • Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.
    • Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
    • Very bad.
    • (colloquial) Very, extremely; as, an awful big house.
    • adjective
      Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
    • adjective
      (now rare)
      Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.
    • adjective
      Struck or filled with awe.
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      Terror-stricken.
    • adjective
      Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.
    • adjective
      Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
    • adjective
      Very bad.
    • adverb
      (colloquial, US, Canada)
      Very, extremely.
    • oppressing with fear; appalling; terrible
    • awful
    • Dreadful; causing alarm and fear.
    • adjective
      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"
    • adjective
      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"
    • adjective
      extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
    • adjective
      inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads"
    • adjective
      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"
    • adjective
      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
    • adverb
      used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry"

    Synonyms of "awful" in English dictionary

    nasty, terribly, alarming are the top synonyms of "awful" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "awful" in English dictionary

    nice is the antonym of "awful" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of awful

    • awful ( not comparable)
    • st. wyższy  stopień wyższy awfuller/more awful; st. najwyższy  stopień najwyższy awfullest/most awful
    • awful ( comparative awfuller or more awful, superlative awfullest or most awful)
    • awful (comparative awfuller or more awful, superlative awfullest or most awful)
    • awful (not comparable)
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