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Homeland fans made ranting about the awfulness of petulant teen Dana Brody into a weekly celebratory ritual.

Does this chart tell us more about the strength of American wages or the awfulness of American beer?

Both of his comments on Friday stood out for their awfulness, even in the house of horrors that is campaign-season rhetoric.

He spoke with Olivia Cole about the recent British election, his take on the sexual revolution, and the awfulness of the press.

The awfulness of the situation forced itself upon him, and bitterly he blamed  himself.

To lessen the awfulness of the proceeding, it was arranged that one of the elder sisters should join him in his lessons.

He has never believed, save when driven mad by the barbarians, in the mysterious awfulness of our far-away God.

Earth has been spared the awfulness—(without destruction)—and has missed the glory of such a storm as this.

At the last, with due emphasis, of solemnity and awfulness, he had killed a young pig with his shot-gun and promptly fainted.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to awfulness, such as: atrocity, dreadfulness, frightfulness, ghastliness, gruesomeness, and horridness.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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