god-awful

See also: godawful, god awful, and God-awful

English

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• God-awful, god awful, godawful, goshawful, gawdawful

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Adjective

god-awful (comparative more god-awful, superlative most god-awful)

1. (US, slang) Extremely awful, unpleasant or dreadful.

   Your roast beef was the most god-awful piece of meat I ever ate.

   • 1971, “Life on Mars?”, performed by David Bowie:

     It's a god-awful small affair
     To the girl with the mousy hair