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1 very bad or unpleasant [= terrible]: The weather was awful. He is a pretty awful driver. That fridge smells awful. The last six months have been awful for her. I've stopped believing most of what he says. Isn't that awful?
The weather was awful.He is a pretty awful driver.That fridge smells awful.The last six months have been awful for her.I've stopped believing most of what he says. Isn't that awful?2 [only before noun] spoken used to emphasize how much or how good, bad etc something is : He made me feel an awful fool.
He made me feel an awful fool.4 literary making you feel great respect or fear
—awfulness noun [uncountable]
WORD FOCUS: bad WORD FOCUS: bad very bad: awful, terrible, horrible, lousy informal, appalling, ghastly, atrocious, horrendous
bad, but not very bad: not very good, mediocre, second-rate, so-so, lacklustre
of bad quality: shoddy, inferior, poor quality, cheap, crummy informal
bad at doing something: be no good at something
very bad at doing something: hopeless, terrible, useless, lousy informal, incompetent
morally bad: evil, wicked, immoral, corrupt, sick, perverted, degenerate
➔ See also bad
