单词 | awful |
释义 | awful[ aw-fuhl ] / ˈɔ fəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR awful ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveextremely bad; unpleasant; ugly: awful paintings; an awful job. inspiring fear; dreadful; terrible: an awful noise. solemnly impressive; inspiring awe: the awful majesty of alpine peaks. full of awe; reverential. extremely dangerous, risky, injurious, etc.: That was an awful fall she had. He took an awful chance by driving here so fast. adverbInformal. very; extremely: He did an awful good job of painting the barn. It's awful hot in here. Origin of awful1200–50; Middle English a(g)heful, aueful;see awe, -ful; replacing Old English egefull dreadful words often confused with awfulAlthough some object to any use of awful or awfully in any sense not connected with a feeling of awe, both have been used in other senses for several centuries. Awful and awfully as adverbial intensifiers— awful ( ly ) hot; awful ( ly ) cold —appear in the early 19th century, following much the same pattern as horribly and dreadfully. As an adverb awful is less formal in tone than awfully. In the sense “inspiring awe or fear” awesome has largely replaced awful. OTHER WORDS FROM awfulWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH awful1. awful , offal2. awful , awesome (see confusables note at the current entry)Words nearby awfulaweless, awesome, awesomesauce, awestruck, aweto, awful, awfully, awhato, awheel, awhile, a while back Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for awfulBritish Dictionary definitions for awfulawful / (ˈɔːfʊl) / adjectivevery bad; unpleasant archaic inspiring reverence or dread archaic overcome with awe; reverential adverbnot standard (intensifier)an awful cold day Derived forms of awfulawfulness, nounWord Origin for awfulC13: see awe, -ful Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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