Definition of Awful

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Definition of Awful

Awful

Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.

Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.

Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken.

Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.

Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster.

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Awful Quotations

I don't read magazines much, and I have an awful time with books.
Payne Stewart

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
Theodor Geisel

From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.
Leon Trotsky

What characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see himself as both exceptional and insignificant, marvelous and awful, good and evil.
Norman Mailer

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
Aeschylus

In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.
Wanda Sykes

There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
Herman Melville

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.
Jesse Owens

I think it's an awful drink, to be honest with you.
Charlie Watts

It doesn't really change, actually. I think The Rolling Stones have gotten a lot better. An awful lot better, I think. A lot of people don't, but I think they have, and to me that's gratifying. It's worth it.
Charlie Watts

Awful Translations

awful in Dutch is afgrijselijk
awful in French is hideux
awful in German is furchtbar, schrecklich
awful in Italian is tremendo, mostruoso
awful in Spanish is abominable, horrible

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