god-awful

adjective

god-aw·​ful gäd-ˈȯ-fəl 

: extremely unpleasant or disagreeable : abominable

god-awful weather

Examples of god-awful in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It‘s about you and me and getting through this god-awful, soul-sucking, mind-crushing hellish grind for the past two years. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

The most god-awful studios are regularly renting for thousands and thousands of dollars with lines of interested tenants out the door. — Nora Deligter, Curbed, 26 June 2026

Every time the United States hosts a major international soccer tournament, the world’s finest players unite to complain about our god-awful fields. — Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

His meme humor and utter dedication to that god-awful nickname should be annoying. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

goddamned + awful

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for god-awful

• unlawful
• awful
• lawful
• offal
• waffle