awful

awful /'ɔ:ful/
  • tính từ
    • đáng kinh sợ; uy nghi, oai nghiêm
    • dễ sợ, khủng khiếp
      • an awful thunderstorm: cơn bão khủng khiếp
    • (từ lóng) lạ lùng, phi thường; hết sức, vô cùng; thật là
      • an awful surprise: một sự ngạc nhiên hết sức
      • an awful nuisance: một chuyện thật là khó chịu; một thằng cha khó chịu vô cùng
    • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) đáng tôn kính

Xem thêm: atrocious, abominable, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible, nasty, awed, frightful, terrible, tremendous, amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awing, terribly, awfully, frightfully



awful

Từ điển Collocation

awful adj.

VERBS be, feel, look, smell, sound, taste I felt awful when I realized what I'd done. The fish tasted awful.

ADV. bloody (taboo), fucking (taboo), just, quite, really, simply, truly a truly awful book | absolutely, the most She's the most awful snob. | pretty, rather

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • exceptionally bad or displeasing; atrocious, abominable, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable

    atrocious taste

    abominable workmanship

    an awful voice

    dreadful manners

    a painful performance

    terrible handwriting

    an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room

  • causing fear or dread or terror; dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

    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

  • 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; nasty
  • inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; awed

    awed by the silence

    awful worshippers with bowed heads

  • extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; frightful, terrible, tremendous

    in a frightful hurry

    spent a frightful amount of money

  • inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awing

    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

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: atrocious brutal cruel dreadful horrible ruthless savage terrible unpleasant vile wicked wretched