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awful — (adj.) c.1300, agheful worthy of respect or fear, from aghe, an earlier form of AWE (Cf. awe), + FUL (Cf. ful). Replaced O.E. egefull. Weakened sense very bad is from 1809; weakened sense of exceedingly is by 1818 … Etymology dictionary
awful — [adj] very bad; terrible abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, deplorable, depressing, dire, disgusting, distressing, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grody*, gross*, gruesome, grungy*, harrowing, hideous, horrendous, horrible,… … New thesaurus
awful — adj. (colloq.) 1) awful about (I feel awful about it) 2) awful for (the situation is awful for all of us) 3) awful to + inf. (it was awful to work there = it was awful working there) 4) awful that + clause (it s awful that they were reprimanded… … Combinatory dictionary
awful — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, smell, sound, taste ▪ I felt awful when I realized what I d done. ▪ The fish tasted awful … Collocations dictionary
awful — [ô′fəl] adj. [ME awful, agheful: see AWE & FUL] 1. inspiring awe; highly impressive 2. causing fear; terrifying 3. dreadful; appalling 4. full of awe; reverential 5. very bad, ugly, unpleasant, etc … English World dictionary
awful — adj. 1 colloq. a unpleasant or horrible (awful weather). b poor in quality; very bad (has awful writing). c (attrib.) excessive; large ({{}}an awful lot of money). 2 poet. inspiring awe. Derivatives: awfulness n. Etymology: AWE + FUL … Useful english dictionary
awful — adj 1. dread, dreaded, dreadful, direful, terrible, terrifying, spine chilling. 2. bad, mean, petty, nasty, contemptible, base; distasteful, repulsive, grotesque, Sl. gross; unpleasant, unfortunate, terrible; inferior, shoddy, second rate, poor.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
awful — [[t]ɔ͟ːfʊl[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good. We met and I thought he was awful... I couldn t stand London! Bloody awful place. ...an… … English dictionary
awful — awfulness, n. /aw feuhl/, adj. 1. extremely bad; unpleasant; ugly: awful paintings; an awful job. 2. inspiring fear; dreadful; terrible: an awful noise. 3. solemnly impressive; inspiring awe: the awful majesty of alpine peaks. 4. full of awe;… … Universalium
awful — aw|ful1 S1 [ˈo:fəl US ˈo: ] adj 1.) very bad or unpleasant = ↑terrible ▪ The weather was awful. ▪ He is a pretty awful driver. ▪ That fridge smells awful. ▪ The last six months have been awful for her. ▪ I ve stopped believing most of what he… … Dictionary of contemporary English
