awful
awful is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive. Heaven's awful Monarch. Milton.
- 2.Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken. [Obs.] A weak and awful reverence for antiquity. I. Watts.
- 3.Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding. [Obs.] Thrust from the company of awful men. Shak.
- 4.Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster. [Slang]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- see frightful
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- all
- and
- any
- better
- could
- dead
- deathlike
- doubt
- drop
- est
- faint
- feather
- fool
- grave
- hear
- hold
- hush
- inaudible
- lull
- might
- more
- muffle
- musical
- mute
- muteness
- muzzle
- noiseless
- not
- one
- pas
- pax
- peace
- pin
- plus
- put
- quiet
- remove
- render
- shut
- silence
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is awful.
- What is inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive. Heaven's awful Monarch. Milton called?
- What is struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken. [Obs.] A weak and awful reverence for antiquity. I. Watts called?
- What is worshipful; reverential; law-abiding. [Obs.] Thrust from the company of awful men. Shak called?
- What is frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster. [Slang] called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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