awful
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[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔːfəl
[edit] Adjective
awful (comparative awfuller or more awful, superlative awfullest or most awful)
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- Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.
- Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive; as, an awful scene.
- Struck or filled with awe;
- (obsolete) terror-stricken.
- Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.
- Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet, I have learnt an awful amount today.
- Very bad.
- My socks smell awful.
[edit] Translations
awful
[edit] Adverb
awful (not comparable)
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- (colloquial) Extremely; as, an awful good girl.
[edit] See also
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- awful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- awful in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
