Awful

['ɔːfʊl] or ['ɔfl]

Definition

(adj.) 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' .

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Definition

(a.) Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.

(a.) Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.

(a.) Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken.

(a.) Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.

(a.) Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Venerable, august, grand, stately, imposing, solemn, majestic.[2]. Dread, dreadful, fearful, horrible, horrid, terrible, dire, direful, frightful, appalling, tremendous.[3]. [Vulgar.] Ugly, homely, unsightly, ill-looking.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Fearful, direful, appalling, terrible, alarming, dreadful, horrible, solemn,portentous, horrific

ANT:Inocuous, informidable, unimposing, unastonishing, commonplace, unnoticeable,unalarming, alluring

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Examples

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