Look up: awful

1. awful
   [adj] - causing fear or dread or terror
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2. Awful
   Aw'ful adjective 1. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene. 'The hour of Nature's awful throes.' Hemans. 2. Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admirati...
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3. awful
   dire 1 direful 1 dread(a) adjective causing fear or dread or terror; `the awful war`; `an awful risk`; `dire news`; `a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked`; `the dread...
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4. Awful
   • (a.) Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken. • (a.) Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster. • (a.) Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundl...
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5. awful
   awful (AW fuhl) 1. Dreadful, bad, terrible, horrible, ugly: 'What awful weather! He was guilty of the awful crime of murder.' 2. Awe-inspiring, awesome, wondrous; terrifying, dreadful, majestic, disquieting: 'The astronauts know the awful expanse of the solar system.'
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6. Awful
   (song) "`Awful`" is the twelfth single, and also third EP, by American alternative rock band Hole, from their third studio album Celebrity Skin. Released in April 1999 by Geffen Records as a CD single, the song`s lyrics explore how the media and modern pop culture corrupt you...
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