English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-awful.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��f�l

Adjective
en-adj-more

1. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.
2. Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.
3. Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken.
4. worshipful|Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.
5. frightful|Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster.

Translations
trans-top|awful
Dutch: vreselijk
Finnish: kauhea, kaamea, hirvittävä, hirveä, pelottava
French: épouvantable, terrible, horrible
Hebrew: ���� (ayom) m, ����� (aiuma) f
Japanese: 大�� (taihen na)
trans-mid
Portuguese: horrível (1), terrível (5)
Russian: �жа�н�й
Spanish: horrible, espantoso, terrible
Scots: awfu
trans-bottom

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fi:awful
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vi:awful
zh:awful

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