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What is another word for aweful?

The word aweful does not technically exist in the English lexicon.

For words describing someone who is filled with awe, see synonyms for awestruck.

The closest word in spelling is awful, meaning bad, terrible, dire.

Here's a list of synonyms for awful.

Adjective
▲
Extremely unpleasant in nature
dreadful
foul
horrible
disgusting
hideous
nasty
appalling
horrid
offensive
frightful
horrendous
gross
abominable
revolting
sickening
loathsome
nauseating
vile
nauseous
odious
repugnant
obnoxious
repulsive
distasteful
repellent
tremendous
bad
hellacious
objectionable
poor
stinking
diabolical
dire
noisome
rubbish
vulgar
abhorrent
alarming
beastly
deplorable
detestable
distressing
evil
fulsome
grotty
icky
lousy
noxious
obscene
rancid
repellant
serious
abysmal
disgustful
festy
godawful
harrowing
loathly
scandalous
ugly
depressing
gnarly
godforsaken
grody
grungy
raunchy
unpleasant
unsightly
yucko
yucky
very unpleasant
God-awful
sick-making
from hell
more ❯
“I'm not eating any of that. It looks and smells awful!”
Adjective
▲
Extremely unsatisfactory or poor in quality
atrocious
terrible
execrable
lousy
rotten
appalling
dreadful
frightful
hopeless
inadequate
inferior
poor
unsatisfactory
crummy
lamentable
laughable
pathetic
substandard
useless
woeful
abysmal
chronic
dire
dismal
duff
horrible
poxy
punk
rubbish
sucky
wretched
egregious
very bad
a load of pants
God-awful
more ❯
“The film's plot was so awful that we walked out of the cinema without having any care for the ending.”
Adjective
▲
Causing fear, dread or alarm
grave
alarming
forbidding
horrible
horrid
critical
dire
grim
horrendous
serious
sober
solemn
somberUS
sombreUK
worrying
appalling
bad
daunting
disconcerting
frightful
ghastly
gloomy
grisly
horrifying
macabre
severe
unnerving
gruesome
humorlessUS
humourlessUK
lurid
sedate
atrocious
dreadful
grewsome
hideous
horrific
monstrous
nightmarish
shocking
terrible
terrific
more ❯
“I'm afraid I have some awful news about the state of the company's finances.”
Adjective
▲
Not in good health
ill
unwell
queasy
sick
terrible
crook
peaky
dizzy
faint
giddy
nauseated
nauseous
off
poorly
rough
sickly
bad
crummy
dreadful
grotty
lousy
ropy
rotten
ugly
unhealthy
debilitated
indisposed
unsightly
weak
infirm
off-colorUS
off-colourUK
peaked
peakish
queer
seedy
sickened
wabbit
off colour
below par
not well
out of sorts
run down
run-down
under par
under the weather
in poor health
not oneself
not up to par
peely-wally
washed out
green about the gills
in a bad way
sick as a dog
more ❯
“I ate some stale meat and now I feel awful.”
Adjective
▲
Denoted by feelings of guilt or remorse
guilty
sorry
remorseful
ashamed
rueful
apologetic
attritional
regretful
contrite
mournful
penitent
repentant
chastened
penitential
shamefaced
sheepish
guilt-ridden
conscience-stricken
full of regret
self-reproachful
self-condemnatory
“I felt awful for being so angry with him.”
Adjective
▲
(archaic) Inspiring reverential wonder
awesome
astonishing
astounding
fabulous
impressive
marvellousUK
marvelousUS
wonderful
wondrous
amazing
miraculous
prodigious
staggering
stunning
stupendous
sublime
portentous
surprising
awe-inspiring
eye-opening
extraordinary
remarkable
incredible
phenomenal
breathtaking
spectacular
unbelievable
striking
sensational
mind-blowing
more ❯
“We hiked through the wilderness to experience the awful and majestic sights of nature.”
Adjective
▲
Very bad or unpleasant, especially to the senses
diabolical
dreadful
abominable
nasty
appalling
revolting
horrible
disgusting
vile
foul
loathsome
repulsive
sickening
horrendous
repellent
offensive
nauseating
terrible
atrocious
horrid
hideous
odious
frightful
gross
repugnant
objectionable
unpleasant
deplorable
lamentable
yucky
icky
ghastly
bad
beastly
poor
repellant
rotten
shocking
disagreeable
unpalatable
execrable
shameful
disgraceful
grubby
damnable
monstrous
fiendish
unspeakable
hellacious
egregious
outrageous
infernal
godawful
horrifying
insufferable
unbearable
direful
excruciating
God-awful
very bad
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Severe or intense, especially in a painful or unpleasant way
distressing
excruciating
severe
harrowing
agonisingUK
agonizingUS
intense
acute
extreme
torturous
terrible
fierce
grievous
racking
harsh
serious
piercing
tormenting
violent
dreadful
unbearable
critical
grave
heavy
sharp
searing
insufferable
frightful
profound
shooting
unendurable
exquisite
stabbing
deep
vehement
dire
ferocious
overwhelming
fearsome
burning
hard
significant
worrying
almighty
strong
blistering
powerful
considerable
explosive
vicious
furious
hellacious
intensive
penetrating
big
brutal
bad
ghastly
excessive
tough
fearful
peracute
hellish
urgent
consuming
sober
sobering
sombreUK
cutting
sedate
weighty
concentrated
forbidding
grim
sad
solemn
somberUS
strenuous
heightened
overpowering
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Inhumanly or outrageously evil or immorally wrong
monstrous
evil
wicked
atrocious
vile
fiendish
heinous
inhuman
horrible
shocking
abominable
diabolical
base
nefarious
immoral
dreadful
villainous
depraved
foul
iniquitous
ghastly
appalling
despicable
horrifying
gruesome
devilish
hideous
odious
terrible
horrific
outrageous
shameful
grisly
contemptible
horrendous
macabre
frightful
abhorrent
beastly
unspeakable
nasty
hellish
egregious
disgraceful
horrid
scandalous
bestial
flagitious
infamous
loathsome
nightmarish
satanic
lurid
morbid
grewsome
terrific
aberrant
intolerable
nightmare
ominous
obscene
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Conspicuously or obviously bad, wrong or offensive
flagrant
blatant
barefaced
glaring
outrageous
dreadful
enormous
shocking
atrocious
brazen
open
scandalous
bold
egregious
heinous
shameless
undisguised
arrant
flaunting
infamous
notorious
audacious
conspicuous
evident
gross
immodest
naked
obvious
ostentatious
patent
unconcealed
complete
palpable
transparent
utter
crying
disgraceful
flagitious
manifest
monstrous
overt
pronounced
rank
reprehensible
striking
terrible
wicked
flagitous
iniquitous
shameful
unashamed
villainous
capital
deliberate
flaming
grody
noticeable
bald-faced
bare-faced
brass-necked
out and out
out-and-out
stick out like sore thumb
hanging out
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Of great size, amount, or intensity
terrific
huge
great
tremendous
gigantic
intense
extreme
colossal
enormous
excessive
formidable
massive
prodigious
humongous
mighty
severe
sizeable
terrible
vast
considerable
dreadful
extensive
extraordinary
fierce
ginormous
harsh
horrific
immense
inordinate
mega
whopping
awesome
fearful
monstrous
stupendous
whacking
large
thunderous
very big
very great
whopping great
whacking great
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
malicious
malevolent
malignant
spiteful
vicious
hateful
pernicious
rancorous
vengeful
resentful
baleful
cruel
hostile
injurious
mean
nasty
vindictive
virulent
vitriolic
bad-natured
evil
malign
mischievous
unkind
wicked
bad
bitter
catty
defamatory
despiteful
destructive
harmful
hurtful
malefic
maleficent
noxious
shrewish
venomous
wounding
beastly
cussed
deleterious
detrimental
gross
low
poisonous
envious
ornery
petty
uncool
ill-natured
evil-intentioned
evil-minded
ill-disposed
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Suggestive of the supernatural
weird
eerie
unearthly
uncanny
creepy
ghostly
mysterious
strange
supernatural
unnatural
unusual
spooky
preternatural
bizarre
eldritch
odd
queer
abnormal
eery
far-out
freaky
grotesque
haunting
mystifying
other-worldly
spookish
unreal
dreadful
fearful
ghastly
horrific
inscrutable
ominous
rum
eerily
flakyUK
flakeyUS
magic
magical
mystic
numinous
occult
oddball
secret
supernal
uncouth
whacko
awe-inspiring
out of the ordinary
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Abrupt or unexpected in nature
rude
abrupt
sudden
sharp
nasty
unceremonious
unpleasant
disagreeable
harsh
unexpected
crude
startling
brutal
unanticipated
brusque
hasty
immediate
quick
rapid
shocking
swift
unforeseen
unforgiving
unpredicted
violent
Adverb
▲
To a very large or great degree
awfully
incredibly
exceedingly
highly
particularly
really
seriously
truly
very
deeply
extremely
jolly
mighty
terribly
way
greatly
wildly
absolutely
decidedly
eminently
immensely
intensely
majorly
mightily
remarkably
supremely
unusually
vastly
whacking
wonderfully
blisteringly
colossally
dang
enormously
especially
fabulously
fantastically
heavily
hugely
most
profoundly
real
surpassingly
uncommonly
vitally
achingly
acutely
almighty
excessively
extra
far
filthy
frightfully
right
so
super
superlatively
archly
badly
beastly
bone
fiercely
stinking
ever so
more ❯
“That's awful kind of you to offer me a cookie.”
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