awful
IPA: ˈɑfʌɫ
adjective
- Very bad.
- Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
- (dated) Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
- (now rare) Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.
- (now rare) Struck or filled with awe or reverence.
- (obsolete) Terror-stricken.
adverb
- (colloquial) Awfully; dreadfully; terribly.
- (colloquial, US, Canada) Very, extremely.
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Examples of "awful" in Sentences
- Disrespecting adults is awful.
- The structure of the article is awful.
- They guzzle an awful lot of coffee here.
- Anyway, most of the games on the wii are tacky and awful.