awful

Words with a similar base: awful, awfully

'awful'

[atrocious.s.02] as in: 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

'awful'

[awful.s.02] as in: 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

'awful'

[nasty.a.01] as in: offensive or even (of persons) malicious; ; ; ; ; ; - Ezra Pound

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?

'awful'

[awed.s.01] as in: inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence

Examples:
awed by the silence
awful worshippers with bowed heads

'awful'

[frightful.s.02] as in: extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact

Examples:
in a frightful hurry
spent a frightful amount of money

'awful'

[amazing.s.02] as in: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; ; ; ; - Melville

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
Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent

'awful'

[terribly.r.01] as in: used as intensifiers

Examples:
terribly interesting
I'm awful sorry

Origins

					awful (English)
├── -ful (English)
└── awe (English)
    └── ege (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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