awful

aw·ful  (ôfl)

adj.

1. Extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible: had an awful day at the office.

2. Commanding awe: "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath" (Herman Melville).

3. Filled with awe, especially:

a. Filled with or displaying great reverence.

b. Obsolete Afraid.

4. Formidable in nature or extent: an awful burden; an awful risk.

adv. Informal

Extremely; very: was awful sick.

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[Middle English aweful, awe-inspiring, blend of awe, awe; see awe, and *ayfull, awful (from Old English egefull : ege, dread + -full, -ful).]

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awful·ly adv.

awful·ness n.

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awful [ˈɔːfʊl]

adj

1. nasty or ugly

2. Archaic inspiring reverence or dread

3. Archaic overcome with awe; reverential

adv

Not standard (intensifier) an awful cold day

[see awe, -ful]

awfulness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	awful - exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" abominable, atrocious, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable, painful bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
	2.	awful - causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible, dire, horrific, fearful alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
	3.	awful - offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "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 nasty unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
	4.	awful - inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads" awed reverent - feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence"
	5.	awful - extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money" frightful, tremendous, terrible colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech extraordinary - beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature"
	6.	awful - inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent" awe-inspiring, awesome, awing, amazing impressive - making a strong or vivid impression; "an impressive ceremony"
Adv.	1.	awful - used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry" awfully, frightfully, terribly colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

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awful

adjective

1. disgusting, terrible, tremendous, offensive, gross, nasty, foul, horrible, dreadful, unpleasant, revolting, stinking, sickening, hideous, vulgar, vile, distasteful, horrid, frightful, nauseating, odious, repugnant, loathsome, abominable, nauseous, detestable, godawful (slang), hellacious (U.S. slang) an awful smell of paint

2. bad, poor, terrible, appalling, foul, rubbish (slang), shit (taboo slang), dreadful, unpleasant, dire, crap (taboo slang), horrendous, ghastly, from hell (informal), atrocious, deplorable, abysmal, frightful, shite (taboo slang), hellacious (U.S. slang) Even if the weather's awful there's still lots to do.
bad great (informal), wonderful, excellent, brilliant, amazing, smashing (informal), superb, fantastic, tremendous, magnificent, fabulous (informal), marvellous, terrific, sensational (informal), miraculous, super (informal)

3. shocking, serious, alarming, distressing, dreadful, horrifying, horrific, hideous, harrowing, gruesome Her injuries were massive; it was awful.

4. unwell, poorly (informal), ill, terrible, sick, ugly, crook (Austral. & N.Z. informal), unhealthy, unsightly, queasy, out of sorts (informal), off-colour, under the weather (informal), green about the gills I looked awful and felt quite sleepy.

adverb

very, highly, really, deeply, particularly, seriously (informal), truly, extremely, absolutely, terribly, remarkably, unusually, jolly (Brit.), wonderfully, profoundly, decidedly, awfully (informal), acutely, exceedingly, excessively, eminently, superlatively, uncommonly Gosh, you're awful pretty.

Translations

awful [ˈɔːfəl]

A. ADJ

1. (= dreadful) [weather] → horrible, espantoso; [clothes, crime] → horroroso, espantoso; [smell, dilemma] → terrible
what awful weather! → ¡qué tiempo más horrible or espantoso!
we met and I thought he was awful → le conocí y me cayó fatal
you are awful! (= wicked) → ¡qué malo eres!, ¡qué mala idea tienes!
to feel awful (= embarrassed, guilty) → sentirse fatal; (= ill) → encontrarse or sentirse fatal
I felt awful about what had happened → me sentía fatal por lo que había ocurrido
I have an awful feeling something's going to happen → tengo la terrible sospecha de que va a pasar algo
how awful! → ¡qué horror!
how awful for you! → ¡qué mal rato habrás pasado!
to look awful → tener muy mal aspecto
you look awful, are you feeling all right? → tienes muy mala cara or tienes muy mal aspecto, ¿te encuentras bien?
for one awful moment I thought I'd broken it → ¡fue horrible! por un momento pensé que se me había roto
it smells awful → huele fatal
prices have gone up something awful → los precios han subido cosa mala
they beat him up something awful → le dieron una tremenda paliza
what an awful thing to happen! → ¡qué cosa tan horrible or terrible!
the awful thing is that he thought we were joking → lo peor(del caso)es que él pensó que estábamos de broma
you said some pretty awful things → hiciste algunos comentarios muy hirientes
I learned the awful truth → supe la amarga verdad

2. (= bad, poor) his English is awful → habla inglés fatal

3. (= awesome) → imponente, tremendo

4. (as intensifier) there were an awful lot of people → había un montón de gente
I've got an awful lot of work to do → tengo un montón de trabajo
it's an awful nuisance → es una molestia terrible
he's an awful bore → es terriblemente pesado
she's got an awful cheek! → ¡tiene una cara increíble!
it seems an awful waste → parece un desperdicio terrible

B. ADV (esp US) ten years is an awful long time → diez años es un montón de tiempo
it's an awful long way to go → está lejísimo
it's awful cold outside → fuera hace un frío horroroso

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awful [ˈɔːfʊl]

adj

(= terrible) [jokes, weather, place, war] → affreux/euse; [shock] → terrible
That's awful! → C'est affreux!
to feel awful (= ill) → se sentir affreusement mal
to look awful (= ill) → avoir très mauvaise mine, avoir une sale mine

(as intensifier) an awful lot of → énormément de

adv (= very) → vachement >

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awful

adj

(inf) → schrecklich, furchtbar; how awful! → das ist wirklich schlimm!; you are awful! → du bist wirklich schrecklich!; the film was just too awful for words → der Film war unbeschreiblich schlecht; an awful lot of time/money → furchtbar viel Zeit/Geld; it’s not an awful lot better → das ist nicht arg viel besser

(old: = awe-inspiring) → Ehrfurcht gebietend

adv (strictly incorrect) = awfully he was crying something awful → er weinte ganz schrecklich or furchtbar

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awful [ˈɔːf/əl] adj → terribile, orribile
an awful lot of (people, cars, dogs) → un numero incredibile di (jam, flowers) → una quantità incredibile di
how awful! → che orrore!

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awful [ˈɔːf/əl] adj → terribile, orribile
an awful lot of (people, cars, dogs) → un numero incredibile di (jam, flowers) → una quantità incredibile di
how awful! → che orrore!

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awful

adj awful [ˈoːful]

1 very great an awful rush. verskriklik هائِل، عَظيم страшен hrozný, nesmírný forfærdelig riesig φοβερός, τεράστιος enorme, imponente; terrible, tremendo kohutav خیلی؛ بسیار suuri terrible מְאוֹד बहुत ज्यादा strašan borzasztó hebat ofboðslegur; hræðilegur terribile すさまじい 대단한 baisus šausmīgs dahsyat vreselijk forferdelig straszny terrível grozav огромный nesmierny velikanski ogroman väldig, förfärlig ดีมาก çok büyük 非常的 надзвичайний بہت ،نہایت kinh khủng 非常的

2 very bad This book is awful; an awful experience. vreeslik مُفْزِع، مُرْعِب ужасен strašný, hrozný forfærdelig; frygtelig furchtbar απαίσιος, πολύ δυσάρεστος horrible, horroroso hirmus بسیار بد؛ افتضاح kauhea épouvantable נוֹרָא भद्दा grozan rettenetes buruk sekali hræðilegur orribile ひどい 몹시 나쁜 baisus, siaubingas briesmīgs teruk vreselijk forferdelig straszny, okropny horrível oribil ужасный hrozný grozen užasan hemsk, förfärlig แย่มาก berbat, çok kötü 極壞的 жахливий بری ، ناپسندیدہ khủng khiếp 极坏的

3 severe an awful headache. erge فَظيع، سَيء جِداً отвартителен prudký forfærdelig; frygtelig furchtbar φοβερός, πολύ έντονος, σοβαρός terrible kohutav شدید voimakas terrible חָמוּר अत्यधिक jak szörnyű parah ógurlegur, hræðilegur terribile, tremendo ひどい 매우 심한 baisus briesmīgs; ārkārtīgs teruk vreselijk forferdelig, grusom straszny forte îngrozitor ужасный prudký strašen žestok fruktansvärd, ryslig แย่มาก şiddetli, müthiş 嚴重的 страшенний شدید ، انتہائی khủng khiếp 严重的

adv awfully

very awfully silly. baie جِداً много strašně, hrozně forfærdeligt; frygteligt furchtbar υπερβολικά, εξαιρετικά muy, en gran medida kohutavalt خیلی hirveän terriblement מְאוֹד बहुत ज्यादा jako borzasztóan sangat hræðilega, ofboðslega terribilmente ひどく 대단히 baisiai šausmīgi; briesmīgi sangat dahsyat vreselijk forferdelig strasznie muito teribil (de) крайне, очень strašne strašno užasno väldigt, förfärligt อย่างเลวร้าย çok, son derece(de) 非常 надзвичайно, страшенно بری طرح vô cùng 很，非常

n awfulness

verskriklikheid فَظاعَه отвращение hrůza, ohavnost forfærdelighed die Schrecklichkeit απέχθεια, έντονη δυσαρέσκεια horror, terror kohutavus بهت انگیزی؛ وحشتناکی kamaluus caractère terrible זְווָעָה बहुत ज्यादा groza borzalmasság; fenségesség sifat jelek hræðilegheit terribilità 恐ろしさ 두려움, 심함 baisumas, siaubas šausmīgums; briesmīgums kedahsyatan vreselijkheid det å være forferdelig, reddsomhet okropność horror grozăvie ужас ohavnosť grozovitost užas ohygglighet ความเลวร้าย korkunçluk, dehşet 威嚴 надзвичайність رعب ، جلال sự khủng khiếp 威严

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awful → شنيع hrozný rædselsfuld schrecklich φρικτός espantoso kauhea affreux strašan orribile ひどい 몹시 나쁜 afschuwelijk skrekkelig straszny horrível ужасный fruktansvärd แย่มาก berbat kinh khủng 糟糕的