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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
acceptable, agreeable, alluring, appealing, attractive, blessed (also blest), desirable, enjoyable, felicitous, gratifying, heavenly, inviting, likable (or likeable), luscious, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, savory (also savoury), sweet, welcome
- 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
alluring, attracting, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, enchanting, 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!
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, 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, mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, real, really, right, roaring, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, 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
a lot, as all get-out, good and
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