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[ adjective ] exceptionally bad or displeasing
Synonyms Examples "atrocious taste" "abominable workmanship" "an awful voice" "dreadful manners" "a painful performance" "terrible handwriting" "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)As the play unfolds , however , the audience is subtly brought into the grip of an awful evil which grows with ominously gathering power and soon engulfs the community . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)The comfort was short-lived , yet she found herself returning to the assurance whenever her imagination forced images on her too awful to contemplate without the prop of illusion . They possessed no outer fortifications , no hard shells of confidence ; they had enough difficulty getting from day to day , let_alone having an awful crime thrust upon them . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] (informal) used as intensifiers, as in "terribly interesting"
Synonyms Examples "I'm awful sorry" Used in print (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)'' But I still think Penny 's an awful nice girl , Russ `` - Related terms |
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[ adjective ] causing fear or dread or terror
Examples "the awful war" "an awful risk" "dire news" "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked" "the dread presence of the headmaster" "a dreaded disease" "a dreadful storm" "a fearful howling" Used in print (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)It was responsible and sometimes dangerous work because the thieving is awful in the port of New_York . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] offensive or even (of persons) malicious
Synonyms Examples "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 Related terms |
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[ adjective ] inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
Synonyms Examples "New York is an amazing city" "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight" "the awesome complexity of the universe" "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent" Related terms |
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