Awful

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
 * 2)  Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.
 * 3) *1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.56:
 * God ought not to be commixed in our actions, but with awful reverence, and an attention full of honour and respect.
 * 1) * 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.143:
 * And then she stopped, and stood as if in awe / (For sleep is awful) [...].
 * 1) Struck or filled with awe.
 * 2)  Terror-stricken.
 * 3) Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.
 * 4) Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
 * an awful bonnet
 * I have learnt an awful amount today.
 * 1) Very bad.
 * My socks smell awful.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:frightening

Adverb

 * 1)  Very, extremely; as, an awful big house.

Thesaurus
Babylonian; Corinthian; abominable; appalling; arrant; astounding; atrocious; august; awe-inspiring; awesome; awfully; awing; bad; baneful; barbaric; base; beastly; beneath contempt; big; bizarre; blameworthy; brutal; contemptible; crazy; damned; deadly; deluxe; deplorable; despicable; detestable; dire; direful; disgusting; divine; dread; dreaded; dreadful; eerie; egregious; elaborate; elegant; enormous; estimable; execrable; extravagant; extremely; fancy; fearful; fell; fetid; filthy; fine; flagrant; forbidding; formidable; foul; frightful; fulsome; ghastly; ghoulish; glorious; grand; grandiose; grave; greatly; grievous; grim; grisly; gross; grotesque; gruesome; hateful; heavenly; heinous; hideous; holy; honorable; horrendous; horrible; horrid; horrific; horrifying; howling; hugely; imposing; impressive; ineffable; inenarrable; inexpressible; infamous; inferior; inviolable; inviolate; lamentable; loathsome; lousy; luxurious; macabre; magnificent; majestic; monstrous; morbid; mortally; moving; much; mysterious; nasty; nefarious; noble; noisome; notorious; numinous; obnoxious; odious; offensive; ominous; outrageous; palatial; pitiable; pitiful; plush; portentous; posh; princely; proud; rank; redoubtable; regrettable; religious; repelling; reprehensible; repugnant; repulsive; reverend; revolting; ritzy; rotten; rousing; sacred; sacrosanct; sad; scandalous; schlock; schrecklich; scurvy; serious; shabby; shameful; shocking; shoddy; solemn; sordid; spiritual; splendacious; splendid; splendiferous; squalid; stately; sumptuous; superb; superfancy; superfine; swank; swanky; swell; tasteless; terrible; terribly; terrific; thumping; time-honored; too bad; tragic; tremendous; ugly; uncanny; unclean; unpleasant; unsightly; unspeakable; untouchable; unutterable; venerable; vile; villainous; weird; whacking; whopping; woeful; worshipful; worst; worthless; wretched

Adjective

 * Esperanto:
 * German:, furchtbar
 * Greek:
 * Norwegian: grusom, forferdelig


 * Portuguese:, ,  medonho,  apavorante,  temível
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: horrible, terrible, atroz
 * Turkish: berbat


 * Bulgarian: страшен, ужасен
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , , ,
 * French:, ,
 * German: (1), furchtbar (1), ehrfurchtsvoll (2), riesig (6), unglaublich (6)
 * Greek: φοβερός, φρικτóς,  τρομερός
 * Hebrew: איום (ayom), איומה (aiuma)


 * Irish: uafásach
 * Japanese: 大変な (taihen na)
 * Norwegian: forferdelig, fryktelig, grusom
 * Portuguese: horrível (1), terrível (5)
 * Russian:
 * Scots: awfu,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: hemsk
 * Turkish: iğrenç