awful

  1. Adjective.  Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
  2. Adjective.  (context, now) Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.
  3. Adjective.  Struck or filled with awe.
  4. Adjective.  (obsolete) Terror-stricken.
  5. Adjective.  Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.
  6. Adjective.  Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
  7. Adjective.  Very bad.
  8. Adverb.  (colloquial) Very, extremely; as, an '''awful''' big house.

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