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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, 19 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
Nora Deligter, Curbed, 19 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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But their pitching staff has been disappointing to awful, and there's little help coming from the farm system.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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In fact, this version of Louis sounds an awful lot like Lestat.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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The companies try to slow down this process by submerging it in oil, but the resulting flavor is horrible.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
13 June 2026
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Your cab driver is taking you on a horrible route.—
Zach Schiffman,
Curbed,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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Supposedly the poem was inspired by a peyote-vision where the edifice of San Francisco’s Sir Francis Drake Hotel was transformed into a hideous, twisted, demonic visage, which inspired the beating heart of Howl’s second section.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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There’s plenty of blame to go around for the Cubs’ horrid stretch.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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Both state and church are also known for failing to live up to those ideals, for permitting indefensible abuses, for ugly histories.—
Joe Mathews,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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And would that really lower our appalling, outrageous, abominable electric bills?—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
1 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Quote of the Day The words from Canada manager Jesse Marsch after his player Ismaël Koné suffered a horrendous injury in the co-host’s 6-0 win against Qatar yesterday.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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But after a horrendous public disaster.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
Adjective
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Platner is loathsome in so many ways.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2026
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Assayas’s aesthetic is too genteel to even imagine the specifics of loathsome doctrines.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“God-awful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/god-awful. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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