awful

4 definitions • 13 examples

extremely bad or unpleasant:

He suffered awful injuries in the crash.

We had awful weather.

She has an awful boss.

What an awful thing to say!

Would life be so awful without a car?

The food was awful.

She'd been ill and she looked awful.

very great:

I don't know an awful lot (= very much) about art, but I'm learning.

Fortunately it won't make an awful lot of difference if I don't pass the test.

It was an awful risk to take.

very bad, unpleasant, or of low quality:

The weather was awful the whole time – cold and wet.

Fox TV has canceled the truly awful sitcom "Monty" after a short tryout.

Awful also means very great or large:

We're spending an awful amount of money!