Word Meaning

Meaning of awful

- Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.
- Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.
- Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken.
- Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.
- Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster.

Crossword clue for awful

- Abysmal
- Appalling
- Bad
- Bad or full reports
- Catastrophic
- Dire
- Ghastly
- Gruesome jigsaw fully revealed
- Horrible
- Horrific
- Nasty or ugly
- Recoil from cauliflower soup that’s terrible
- Terrible
- Very bad
- Very bad or unpleasant