DICTOMETER

AWFUL

(awful, horrible, skrekkelig)

1. Synonyms:
   • Atrocious
   • Abominable
   • Awful
   • Dreadful
   • Painful
   • Terrible
   • Unspeakable
   Definitions:
   • exceptionally bad or displeasing
   Examples:
   • Atrocious taste
   • Abominable workmanship
   • An awful voice
   • Dreadful manners
   • A painful performance
   • Terrible handwriting
   • An unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
   Antonyms:
   • Good
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Awful
   • Dire
   • Direful
   • Dread
   • Dreaded
   • Dreadful
   • Fearful
   • Fearsome
   • Frightening
   • Horrendous
   • Horrific
   • Terrible
   Definitions:
   • causing fear or dread or terror
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   • Unalarming
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Nasty
   • Awful
   Definitions:
   • offensive or even (of persons) malicious
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   • TY
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Awed
   • Awful
   Definitions:
   • inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
   Examples:
   • Awed by the silence
   • Awful worshippers with bowed heads
   Antonyms:
   • Irreverent
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Frightful
   • Terrible
   • Awful
   • Tremendous
   Definitions:
   • extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
   Examples:
   • In a frightful hurry
   • Spent a frightful amount of money
   Antonyms:
   • Ordinary
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Amazing
   • Awe-inspiring
   • Awesome
   • Awful
   • Awing
   Definitions:
   • inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   • Unimpressive
   
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Terribly
   • Awfully
   • Awful
   • Frightfully
   Definitions:
   • used as intensifiers
   Examples:
   • Terribly interesting
   • I'm awful sorry