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Recent Examples of god-awful
The most god-awful studios are regularly renting for thousands and thousands of dollars with lines of interested tenants out the door.
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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.
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Hana Kiros,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
His meme humor and utter dedication to that god-awful nickname should be annoying.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for god-awful
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Messi shook off his awful spot kick to deliver another match-winning masterclass against Austria and become the competition’s all-time top scorer in the process.
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But the Windows handheld software experience on the Claw is just awful compared to the straightforwardness of SteamOS on the Steam Deck.
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Iran’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad World Cup got a lot better Sunday.
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What started as a horrible mistake ended up bringing the community together.
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Everyone's favorite hideous ogre and delusional donkey are finally reunited.
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This is a hideous colour, the sort that shouldn’t be seen anywhere other than on someone helping kids cross the road near a school.
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While the gummies themselves weren’t old, the smell and the taste are horrid.
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Adam’s been shuttled off to Earth along with the coveted Sword of Power in the aftermath of evil Skeletor (Jared Leto, having a great time in the part) and his horrid denizens taking over his home planet and imprisoning his parents.
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With one notable exception, everyone over there has nothing but ugly things to say about their main villa counterparts.
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Women superheroes have always activated an ugly segment of the internet.
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And would that really lower our appalling, outrageous, abominable electric bills?
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With a wild-card playoff berth secured, zero chance to win the AFC East title and the Jets among the most abominable teams of the 21st century, the Bills’ lineup was loaded with backups.
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If your grout isn't horrendous with dirt or stains, this might be a great cleaner for brightening the lines.
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This horrendous act leads a grieving but determined Ruthye to Kara Zor-El, dead set on exacting revenge for the killings and using our Supergirl to help get her to the culprit.
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Platner is loathsome in so many ways.
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Assayas’s aesthetic is too genteel to even imagine the specifics of loathsome doctrines.
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“God-awful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/god-awful. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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