AWFUL

adjective

Synonyms

See Frightful.

Definitions

  1. 1. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene. "The hour of Nature's awful throes." Hemans.
  2. 2. Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive. Heaven's awful Monarch. Milton.
  3. 3. Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken. [Obs.] A weak and awful reverence for antiquity. I. Watts.
  4. 4. Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding. [Obs.] Thrust from the company of awful men. Shak.
  5. 5. Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster. [Slang]
Added: October 09, 2025 Updated: October 09, 2025
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