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'awful' in a sentence

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awful adjective

: offensive or even (of persons) malicious

: exceptionally bad or displeasing

: causing fear or dread or terror

: inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence

: extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact

: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder

awful adverb

: used as intensifiers


  • An awful accident happened yesterday.
  • I feel awful about forgetting your birthday.
  • What is that awful noise?
  • The concept is good, but the implementation is awful.
  • I had an awful day.
  • That would've been awful.
  • The service here is awful.
  • Every time we go anywhere, something awful happens.
  • To put it bluntly, your sweat smells awful.
  • I know I did an awful thing.
  • When I try to walk, I get an awful pain here.
  • It's an awful shame your wife couldn't come.
  • I heard an awful crash.
  • She is in an awful mood.
  • You're awful at keeping secrets.
  • A war is an awful thing.
  • The air here is awful.
  • That's an awful idea.
  • It was an awful performance.
  • Why are you so awful?
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