eng: awful - UWN/MENTA

eng: awful

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Meaning
means	(adjective) 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, dreadful, terrible, atrocious, painful, awful, unspeakable
means	(adjective) 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" awful, dreadful, direful, horrific, dread, terrible, horrendous, dreaded, fearsome, frightening, dire, fearful
means	(adjective) 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, awful
means	(adjective) inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads" awful, awed
means	(adjective) extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money" frightful, terrible, tremendous, awful
means	(adjective) 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, awing, amazing, awesome, awful
means	(adverb) used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry" frightfully, terribly, awfully, awful

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