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Definition of 'awful'English
Alternative forms
* awfull (archaic)
Adjective
( en-adj)
Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.
*, I.56:
- God ought not to be commixed in our actions, but with awful reverence, and an attention full of honour and respect.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.143:
- And then she stopped, and stood as if in awe / (For sleep is awful ).
Struck or filled with awe.
(obsolete) Terror-stricken.
Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.
Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
- an awful bonnet
- I have learnt an awful amount today.
Very bad.
- My socks smell awful .
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "awful" is often applied: day, truth, time, place, moment, mess, night, news, state, situation, smell, thought, person, pain, movie, consequence, crime, fate, death, tragedy, man, event, disease, story, condition, mistake, taste, picture, year, calamity, doom, film, catastrophe, secret, performance, storm, end, week, shape, choice.
Synonyms
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Adverb
(-)
(colloquial) Very, extremely; as, an awful big house.
See also
* awfully.
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Similar to 'awful'abhal, appel, appall, appeal, aweful, avail, avel, avowal, appal, afoul, aval, aboil, apiol, awfull
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