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awful
adjective as in very bad; terrible
Strongest matches
appalling, atrocious, depressing, dire, disgusting, distressing, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, gruesome, harrowing, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrific, horrifying, nasty, shocking, tough, ugly, unpleasant
Example Sentences
She said the staff had given her "compassion, time and space to share and talk about my experience of a very challenging treatment pathway", which she called "an awful lot to process mentally and emotionally".
His new book, “It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time,” details his involvement in some of the most gloriously awful moments in the history of entertainment.
You kind of know once you get in, you're not going to go make systemic change, and the whole process of running sounds awful, and you're going to get attacked.
In her newsletter, historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat contextualized Friday’s awful events this way:
"We were having phone calls night and day, there were an awful lot of threats to my dad," she said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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