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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
Jack said it was "really awful and horrible" watching his dad's inexorable decline.
The now 17-year-old wants to raise awareness around how treatment can affect young people's self-esteem, after changes in her appearance made her feel "awful", on top of the strains of dealing with the disease.
"Surely part of the definition of being in a free society is people say ghastly things, offensive things, awful things, ugly things, and we don't sweep them under the carpet," he has said.
"Tourette's is such an awful condition that most of the time I don't want to be the centre of attention," he says.
He has endured the four longest runs of a manager of one club visiting the same side without ever winning in the Premier League – with similarly awful records away to Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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