Awful

Word AWFUL
Character 5
Hyphenation aw ful
Pronunciations /ˈɔːfəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Awful"

What do we mean by awful?

Extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible. adjective

Commanding awe. adjective

Filled with awe, especially. adjective

Filled with or displaying great reverence. adjective

Afraid. adjective

Formidable in nature or extent. adjective

Extremely; very. adverb

Striking or inspiring with awe; filling with dread, or dread mingled with profound reverence: as, the awful majesty of Jehovah; the awful approach of death.

Of a dreadful character; causing fear or horror; terrible; appalling: as, an awful disaster; I heard an awful shriek.

Inspiring or commanding respect, reverence, or obedience.

Expressive of or indicating deep awe, as for the Deity.

Impressed with or exhibiting respect or reverence, as for authority; law-abiding; respectful in the extreme.

Having some character in an extreme or noticeable degree; excessive; very great; extraordinary; preposterous: as, he is an awful dandy; that is an awful bonnet.

Synonyms and Awful, Dreadful, Fearful, Frightful, solemn, imposing, majestic; dread, dire, dreadful, terrible. The first four of these words are often loosely or colloquially used to express dislike, detestation, or horror, but should in the main retain the same distinctions of meaning as the nouns from which they are derived. Thus, awful is full of awe, full of that which inspires awe, exciting a feeling of deep solemnity and reverence, often with a certain admixture of fear, acting especially upon the imagination (see reverence, n.); the suggestion may shift in all degrees from awe to horror: as, an awful steamboat explosion.

Dreadful is applied to what inspires dread, that is, an oppressive fear of coming evil, and loosely to what is very bad. Fearful, full of fear, impressing fear: as, “a certain fearful looking for of judgment,” Heb. x. 27. Frightful, not full of fright, but inspiring fright or sudden and almost paralyzing fear. An awful sight; a dreadful disaster; a fearful leap; a frightful chasm.

Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible. adjective

Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive. adjective

Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken. adjective

Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding. adjective

Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively adjective

Very bad.

Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.

Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.

Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.

Struck or filled with awe.

Terror-stricken.

Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.

1. Extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible 2. See sega Urban Dictionary

Something wich really really sucks is awful. Urban Dictionary

1. very bad 2. very, intensely Urban Dictionary

Filled with awe, especially: Filled with or displaying great reverence Urban Dictionary

Very bad or unlistenable; rap; hip hop; pop music. Urban Dictionary

Used mostly by females and camp men when flirting, in a situation where they wish to suggest a favourable response whilst maintaining an incredibly thin veil of mock-regency virginity. Urban Dictionary

The perfect way to describe you. Urban Dictionary

An expression typically used in order to express surprise in either a joyful or sad context. Urban Dictionary

When you see, hear, read, etc., something cute or adorable. Very likely to be used by girls in text messages, and in conversations in general. Can also be used if they don't know what to say. As in Awe okay *can be emphasized by using multiple e's* Urban Dictionary

Slang in south Africa for hello or sup Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Awful

The word "awful" in example sentences

"Yer takin 'awful chances, miss -- just _awful_," warned the neighbor, edging backward toward her house with the air of having completed her duty. ❋ Jane Abbott (N/A)

"It is an awful, _awful_ thing that the boys of Polktown can even get hold of such stuff to make them so ill." ❋ Helen Beecher Long (N/A)

“Oh, Jack, you awful, _awful_ liar, what shall I say to you?” ❋ Anne Warner (1891)

This book is written from a Protestant standpoint, but by a man who was a Catholic fifty-six years before he ever became a Protestant, and we feel absolutely certain that the Catholic world will endeavor to throttle its circulation, but we have laid aside every vestige of fear from that standpoint and have made up our mind that we are no better than Martin Luther, and thousands of Protestants who were burned at the stake by Catholicism for proclaiming to the world the awful deeds of that _awful creed_. ❋ Bernard Fresenborg (N/A)

To Clytie he once said, of something for which he was about to ask her permission, "Oh, it must be awful, _awful_ wicked -- because I want to do it very, very much! ❋ Harry Leon Wilson (1903)

"If you could bottle up and sell what you call awful, you'd make a million." ❋ Delinsky, Barbara (1983)

Only it may be remarked that the word awful, which is here used designedly, is not meant to imply that the loss of life was unusually large or the cruelty of the captors outrageous; in both respects Alaric and his Goths would compare favourably with some generals and some armies making much higher pretensions to civilisation. ❋ Thomas Hodgkin (1872)

Pearce felt he had truly seen a game of two halves after his team recovered from what he described as an "awful" opening 45 minutes. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In these and hundreds of other cases he uses remorse almost as promiscuously as the adjective "awful" is now often popularly used where a much milder word would do, and in his employment of it in relation to his dead wife, it is his sense of profound and unavailing sorrow that he desires to convey by it or his despairing consciousness of his own unworthiness of the woman he had beatified. ❋ Unknown (1893)

The former Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, about a year ago this time told a key Israeli newspaper that the Israelis really must make what he called the awful and difficult decisions and to really have the courage to make those decisions that you have avoided for the last 40 years, which is that there will be no peace without a withdrawal from nearly all of the occupied territories and give the Palestinians a same percentage swap in -- in the other cases, and that Jerusalem must be shared with special arrangements for the holy sites. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now, and at last, do I realize how stern and awful is the fight that must be waged — the fight in which you and ❋ Unknown (2010)

This makes their writing and their thinking pedantic, heavy, didactic, inartful, and just plain awful reading. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Once again awful stuff, though this doc did numb it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

McGinn says the budget is in awful shape and we need to take steps to fix it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The city budget is in awful shape due to no fault of McGinn. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Just plain awful, and I have no idea how it ever made it to a second season. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Trust me, awful is definitely the right word for it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Liberals continue to paint Conservatives as "obstructionists", as if obstructing the momentum of something awful is a terrible thing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Websites owned and operated by [sega] freaks are often extremely awful and filled with animated [gif] files and size [72] fonts. ❋ Sega Slayer (2003)

Man, [the Snoop Dogg] concert last [weak] was [fairy] awful. ❋ Tobi Vail (2004)

[That place] is [just] awful. ❋ Light Joker (2007)

He did an awful [good job] of [painting] [the house]. ❋ Mlc97946 (2008)

"[Ew], it's [rap]! It's so awful!" ❋ Norin (2005)

[man flirting] with woman: [let's go] for [a drive] woman: you are AWWWful (meaning yes) ❋ Mark (2005)

[He’s] awful at [cooking] like how [he’s] awful at everything else. ❋ Thegoldenjunkyard (2019)

Guy: [I love you]. Girl: Aw, you're so sweet. Guy: [My grandma] [died] yesterday. Girl: Aw, my condolences. ❋ SpatentRider (2019)

Boyfriend: I'm still tired from earlier, [like really] tired bae Girlfriend: Aweebae, sounds like you [needa] [take a nap] ❋ Kakashisan21 (2019)

Awe [Bro] [how are you] ❋ The Hairy Princess (2018)

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