1. (

• atrocious ,
• abominable ,
• awful ,
• dreadful ,
• painful ,
• terrible ,
• unspeakable

) exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" ;

2. (

• awful ,
• dire ,
• direful ,
• dread ,
• dreaded ,
• dreadful ,
• fearful ,
• fearsome ,
• frightening ,
• horrendous ,
• horrific ,
• terrible

) 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 presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" ;

3. (

• nasty ,
• awful ,

) offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound ;

4. (

• awed ,
• awful

) inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads" ;

5. (

• frightful ,
• terrible ,
• awful ,
• tremendous ,

) extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money" ;

6. (

• amazing ,
• awe-inspiring ,
• awesome ,
• awful ,
• awing

) inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent" ;

1. (

• terribly ,
• awfully ,
• awful ,
• frightfully

) used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry" ;