- extremely bad; unpleasant; ugly: awful paintings; an awful job.
- inspiring fear; dreadful; terrible: an awful noise.
- solemnly impressive; inspiring awe: the awful majesty of alpine peaks.
- full of awe; reverential.
- extremely dangerous, risky, injurious, etc.: That was an awful fall she had. He took an awful chance by driving here so fast.
- very; extremely: He did an awful good job of painting the barn. It's awful hot in here.
- very bad; unpleasant
- inspiring reverence or dread
- overcome with awe; reverential
- (intensifier)
