Thesaurus: awful
Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.
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Definitions
- a. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.
- a. Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.
- a. Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken.
- a. Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.
- a. Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster.
- adj. exceptionally bad or displeasing
- adj. causing fear or dread or terror
- adj. offensive or even (of persons) malicious
- adj. inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
- adj. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
- adj. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
- adv. used as intensifiers