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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
He added that he has "an awful lot of sympathy for the staff members who would have had to come upon that scene and how distressing that must have been".
"It's awful, the most useful features are gone and it's not user-friendly. A waste of taxpayer money," another added.
“Those who accepted these awful conditions — crammed with their families in a tiny room meant for one student — even they will find themselves on the street,” Al-Sabbagh said.
Lawson mourned her death, writing on Instagram, "However ill you know someone to be, their death is always a shock. It's just awful that Skye is no longer in the world."
In front of jubilant fans roaring like USC fans once roared, Oregon used an 85-yard punt return, a terrible Trojan penalty and awful Trojan play calls to roll to a 42-27 victory.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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