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Definition of awful : 1. Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; - applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster.
2. Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.
3. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.
4. Struck or filled with awe; terror- stricken.
5. Worshipful; reverential; law- abiding.

Synonyms:

rancid, afflictive, awe-inspiring, evil, unnameable, painful, macabre, rattling, incompetent, scandalous, awing, tremendous, extreme, frightfully, nauseating, serious, fabulous, surprising, bleak, amateur, reverent, fulsome, punk, total, grave, horrifying, terrific, inept, profound, august, abhorrent, lofty, lurid, fantastic, ineffable, cruddy, portentous, sound, execrable, e'en, awestruck, repugnant, miraculous, actively, loathsome, atrocious, horrific, awfully, unadulterated, abominable, rigorous, gruesome, noxious, good, rottenly, dread, unutterable, flagitious, helpless, marvelous, sucky, great, poor, solemn, mean, cruel, atrociously, nightmarish, sore, noble, imposing, enormous, gross, nasty, outright, marvellous, e'er, detestable, frightening, resounding, disagreeable, filthy, sickening, objectionable, large, entirely, lousy, incapable, prodigious, odious, hard, obscene, untellable, direful, stupendous, noisome, dreadfully, obnoxious, monstrous, dirty, repellent, ugly, indefinable, horrendous, desperate, acute, shocking, awestricken, wretched, astounding, no good, wicked, fearful, eye-opening, bloody, indescribable, terribly, wonderful, harsh, someone couldn't do something if they tried, unappealing, stunning, grand, amazing, thorough, awed, impressive, nauseous, irritating, astonishing, awesome, bad, disgusting, unkind, hateful, abominably, in-depth, pitiless, distasteful, actual, nightmare, colossal, any, pure, even, tight, sublime, exalted, horribly, smutty, fearsome, dreaded, unattractive, severe, offensive, dismal, howling, uncharitable, wondrous, foul, abysmally, rotten, inexpert, grievous, revolting, stately, unspeakable, utter, inhuman, majestic, staggering, grotty, grisly

frightful, terrible, alarming, ghastly, hideous, dire, unpleasant, dreadful, repulsive, horrible, horrid, appalling

Usage examples:

• It did seem awful when I came to think it over afterwards. - "The Rosary", Florence L. Barclay.
• Nedda's in an awful fix, Fani! - "The Pirates of Ersatz", Murray Leinster.
• Oh, David, she cried, it cannot, cannot be so awful. - "The Redemption of David Corson", Charles Frederic Goss.