GOD-AWFUL Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

god-awful

adjective

Definition of god-awful

as in awful

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Recent Examples of god-awful 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 See All Example Sentences for god-awful

Recent Examples of Synonyms for god-awful

Adjective

He was held back by something else, a feeling that some awful truth about his familiar, beloved world was now being revealed to him.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
His death was already sudden and awful, and the call was jarring and unexpected.

— Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of awful

Adjective

Another reason to feel supreme confidence in this team’s juggernaut potential is that Chicago’s defense appears to be just as hideous as the fantasy community had hoped.

— Andy Behrens, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Three seconds later, I was surrounded by hideous monsters who were probably nice kids before the local NBC news devoted the feature story on their prime-time show Weekend to an in-depth study of English punk.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of hideous

Adjective

The last thing Deion Sanders wants is for this to snowball into another horrid season, with a select few players not taking things seriously in the locker room.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
The average life expectancy was six weeks in horrid conditions.

— Megan Shinn, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of horrid

Adjective

That's on the heels of a 41-7 blowout at Northwestern that was ugly enough for Deion Sanders to dismiss a handful of players for conduct detrimental to the team days later.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
In a world where (good, bad and ugly) answers and options are available, an employer needs a workforce that understands the business objectives and can weed through the noise to identify and execute the best solution.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of ugly

Adjective

No sooner had the Chiefs’ abominable 2025 season (6-11) come to an end, team president Mark Donovan said last month, than the organization pivoted to 2026.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
That led to cycles of reform and renovation, as well as backlash, chiefly from cultural conservatives, who saw the adoption of western European habits and attitudes as abominable and even heretical.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of abominable

Adjective

This one has been a horrendous performer since last summer (down 48% from its record close in June 2025).

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
What the movie thrives on is the farcical and, all too often, horrendous reach of human error; surreal episodes are not cooked up but happened upon or stumbled over.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of horrendous

Adjective

Given French’s loathsome history, Abbott and others in the party establishment worked hard to keep him from winning the Republican nomination, Rice noted.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Kraus’ paean to peace is written in the most luxurious and loathsome language imaginable — in one very long and fractured sentence.

— The Know, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of loathsome

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