awful

awful is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 12 senses

Definitions

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

   "the awful war"

   "an awful risk"

   Synonyms: dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

7. adjective. exceptionally bad or displeasing

   "atrocious taste"

   "abominable workmanship"

   Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable

8. adjective. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder- Melville

   "New York is an amazing city"

   "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"

   Synonyms: amazing, awesome, awing

9. adjective. offensive or even (of persons) malicious- Ezra Pound

   "in a nasty mood"

   "a nasty accident"

   Synonyms: nasty

10. adjective. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact

    "in a frightful hurry"

    "spent a frightful amount of money"

    Synonyms: frightful, terrible, tremendous

11. adjective. inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence

    "awed by the silence"

    "awful worshippers with bowed heads"

    Synonyms: awed

12. adverb. used as intensifiers

    "terribly interesting"

    "I'm awful sorry"

    Synonyms: awfully, frightfully, terribly

Synonyms

dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible, abominable, atrocious, painful, unspeakable, amazing, awesome, awing, nasty, frightful, tremendous, awed, awfully, frightfully

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in awful:

fulwa

Common word forms

awfully, awfuller, awfullest, awfulness

Words from these letters

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