Letters that make awful
a, f, l, u, w are letters that make 'awful'
Words within awful
Ful are words within 'awful'
a, f, l, u, w are letters that make 'awful'
Ful are words within 'awful'
lawful is a word created by adding a letter to 'awful'
7 possible definitions for 'awful'
Under this definition, awful is an adjective and has the following properties:
painful, unspeakable, dreadful, terrible, atrocious, abominable have the same meaning as 'awful'
awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness are derivatives of 'awful'.
bad is similar to awful.
"atrocious taste", "abominable workmanship", "an awful voice", "dreadful manners", "a painful performance", "terrible handwriting", "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
Under this definition, awful is an adjective and has the following properties:
nasty has the same meaning as awful
nice has the opposite meaning of awful
nastiness is an attribute of awful.
nastiness, awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness, cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness are derivatives of 'awful'.
Under this definition, awful is an adjective and has the following properties:
awed has the same meaning as awful
reverent is similar to awful.
"awed by the silence", "awful worshippers with bowed heads"
Under this definition, awful is an adjective and has the following properties:
terribly, awfully, frightfully have the same meaning as 'awful'
'awful' can be a useage of colloquialism.
"terribly interesting", "I'm awful sorry"
Under this definition, awful is an adjective and has the following properties:
frightful, tremendous, terrible have the same meaning as 'awful'
'awful' can be a useage of colloquialism.
awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness are derivatives of 'awful'.
extraordinary is similar to awful.
Under this definition, awful is an adjective and has the following properties:
awing, awesome, amazing, awe-inspiring have the same meaning as 'awful'
impressive is similar to awful.
"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"
Under this definition, awful is an adjective and has the following properties:
direful, fearful, dire, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible have the same meaning as 'awful'
awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness, apprehensiveness, apprehension, dread are derivatives of 'awful'.
alarming is similar to awful.
"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"