awful

Adverb
  1. Used as intensifiers (synset 400055488)
    "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry"
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    same as: awfully, frightfully, terribly
Adjective
  1. Exceptionally bad or displeasing (synset 301130122)
    "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
    similar to: bad - having undesirable or negative qualities
    same as: abominable, atrocious, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable
  2. Causing fear or dread or terror (synset 300195400)
    "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"
    similar to: alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
    same as: dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
  3. Offensive or even (of persons) malicious (synset 301591485)
    "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?"
    also: unpleasant - offensive or disagreeable; causing discomfort or unhappiness
    tells us about: nastiness - the quality of being highly unpleasant
    similar to:
    same as: nasty
  4. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence (synset 302019253)
    "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads"
    similar to: reverent - feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
    same as: awed
  5. Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact (synset 301681792)
    "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    similar to: extraordinary - beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
    same as: frightful, terrible, tremendous
  6. Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder (synset 301285602)
    "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"; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"
    similar to: impressive - making a strong or vivid impression
    same as: amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awing

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