Awful synonyms
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Extreme; intense; severe
Causing consternation or dismay; frightful:
The definition of dreadful is terrible, shocking or very disturbing.
Praised, or honored.
Not to one's taste; unpleasant; offensive
Open to objection
Wonderful; amazing
Characterized by or attended with misery or woe:
Of a formidable nature; terrific
large (related)
Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
The definition of awesome is something that is wonderful, impressive and sometimes frightening.
Full of danger; likely to cause injury, pain, etc.; unsafe; perilous
Outrageously bad; shocking.
Causing fright; terrifying.
grewsome
(Archaic) gruesome
Big or fat and coarse-looking; corpulent; obese
Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellant, offensive. [from 16th c.]
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To a high degree
Extensive in time or distance:
offensive (related)
Of, relating to, or designed for attack:
poor (related)
Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior:
(slang)immoderate
*Very great
Outrageously evil or wicked; abominable
Horrible; frightful
(Informal) Very bad, ugly, shocking, unpleasant, etc.
Very bad, ugly, unpleasant, etc.
Horrifying, causing horror; horrible.
Having or tending to have a strong effect on the mind or emotions; eliciting wonder or admiration
That cannot be described; beyond the power of description
Not to be uttered; taboo:
(Slang) Abundantly supplied:
Psychologically unhealthy or unwholesome:
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant.
The definition of outrageous is someone or something that is not in good taste, violent or extremely unusual.
That portends evil; ominous
Worthy of respect or honor.
Causing revulsion; disgusting; repulsive; offensive; loathsome
The definition of serious is showing deep thought, not joking, or a situation that requires careful thought.
The definition of ugly is someone or something that is visually unpleasing, or something that is threatening.
Not pleasant; offensive; disagreeable
good (antonym)
Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.
pleasing (antonym)
Giving pleasure; pleasant; agreeable; gratifying
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big (related)
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Dire is defined as something that is urgent.
Foreshadowing evil or disaster; ominous.
Inspiring awe or reverence; awesome
(Now Rare) Frightened; timid
The definition of atrocious is something evil, cruel or absolutely horrible.
Thoroughly unpleasant or disagreeable:
The definition of painful is something that causes pain, that hurts or that is annoying.
The definition of amazing is full of wonder or excitement.
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; ; ; ; - Melville
Having or showing awe.
used as intensifiers
used as intensifiers
nice (antonym)
Used as an intensive with and :
mortally
Of imposing height.
grand (related)
Having a serious moral purpose; noble:
The definition of excessive is something or someone that goes beyond what is normal, acceptable or necessary.
That cannot be spoken
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