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单词 awful
释义 aw·ful
I. \ˈȯfəl\ adjective
(sometimes awfuller sometimes awfullest)
Etymology: Middle English awful, aweful, ageful, from awe, age + -ful
1. : inspiring awe: as
 a. : causing dread or terror : appalling
  < I am in fear — in awful fear — and there is no escape for me — Bram Stoker >
 b. : commanding reverential fear or profound respect
  < they may hold converse with some saint, their awful, kindly friend — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
 c. : solemnly impressive
  < Westminster Hall … had an awful majesty, so vast, so high, and so silent — E.W.Weeks >
2. : filled with awe: as
 a. obsolete : terror-stricken
  < great potentates do kneel with awful fear — Christopher Marlowe >
 b. : deeply respectful
  < towards the East our awful greetings are wafted — John Keble >
3. : extremely unpleasant, disagreeable, or objectionable — often a generalized expression of disapproval
 < she has an awful voice >
 < an awful person >
 < awful manners >
 < an awful hat >
4. : very great — used as an intensive
 < does an awful lot of talking >
 < took an awful chance >
Synonyms: see fearful
II. adverb
: awfully, very, extremely
 < my papa always said you were an awful smart boy — Willa Cather >
— not often in formal use
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