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awful::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | nasty |
| Derivation | awfulness |
awful::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awing |
this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
awful::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | frightful, terrible, tremendous |
awful::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abominable, atrocious, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable |
| Derivation | awfulness |
an awful voice.
Examples of awful
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It sounds awful but how can someone have a rebuttal against something like that.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Casa Bonita is notorious for having truly awful food, but the kids will love it.
From the us.cnn.com
That's one of many reasons the awful story of Phoebe Prince leaves me so uneasy.
From the time.com
Even if the Bills do succeed in scoring, they may have to do an awful lot of it.
From the democratandchronicle.com
This song is pretty awful but I chose it because it was around in the Seventies.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It's awful hard to stem the flow of runs on this pitch once the batsmen are set.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It was just nasty shacks selling awful food and the worst kind of commercialism.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The 911 call from Billi is the most-awful 45 seconds he has ever heard, he said.
From the dispatch.com
He greeted me with strong words to the effect that he was having an awful round.
From the independent.co.uk
- Terribly: used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry"
- Atrocious: 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"
- 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 ...
- Nasty: 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
- Awed: inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads"
- Frightful: extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
- Amazing: 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, ...
- (awfully) dreadfully: of a dreadful kind; "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning"
- (awfulness) a quality of extreme unpleasantness
