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awful
Synonyms and Antonyms of awful
- that's an awful thing to say about someone
abhorrent, abominable, appalling, disgusting, distasteful, dreadful, evil, foul, fulsome, gross, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, noxious, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, rancid, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting, scandalous, shocking, sickening, ugly
brackish, disagreeable, dislikable (also dislikeable), unpleasant
contemptible, despicable, detestable, hard, hateful
unhealthy, unsavory, unwholesome
atrocious, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome (also grewsome), heinous, horrendous, horrific, horrifying, lurid, macabre, monstrous, nightmarish, shocking, sick, sickish, sickly, terrible, unspeakable, vile
off-putting, undesirable, unwanted, unwelcome
acceptable, agreeable, alluring, appealing, attractive, blessed (also blest), congenial, darling, delectable, delicious, delightful, delightsome, desirable, dreamy, dulcet, enjoyable, felicitous, gratifying, heavenly, inviting, likable (or likeable), luscious, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, savory (also savoury), sweet, welcome
unexceptionable, unobjectionable
healthful, healthy, restorative, salubrious, salutary, wholesome
- the awful power of Niagara Falls
incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unimaginable, unthinkable
extraordinary, phenomenal, rare, sensational, spectacular
singular, uncommon, unique, unusual, unwonted
conspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, remarkable
impressive, smashing, striking
mind-bending, mind-blowing, mind-boggling
animating, energizing, enlightening, enlivening, exciting, galvanizing, invigorating, stimulating
alluring, attracting, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, enchanting, entertaining, enthralling, fascinating, interesting
- spare me the awful details of the murder
alarming, bloodcurdling, dire, direful, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, gut-wrenching, hair-raising, heart-stopping, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, terrifying
abhorrent, deplorable, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, loathsome, nauseating, noisome, obnoxious, obscene, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening
abominable, evil, foul, heinous, noxious, odious, unspeakable, vile
- I can't believe I spent good money to see that movie—it was awful
bitchin' [slang], great, marvelous (or marvellous), wonderful
awful
Synonyms and Antonyms of awful
- that's awful sweet of you
achingly, almighty, archly, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, very, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
absolutely, altogether, completely, downright, entirely, flat-out, fully, positively, purely, radically, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly
exceptionally, notably, remarkably
considerably, extensively, significantly, substantially
appreciably, discernibly, markedly, noticeably, obviously, palpably, plainly, visibly
astronomically, grandly, monstrously, monumentally
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