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English to English adjective
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Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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causing fear or dread or terror | | Example: the awful war
an awful risk
dire news
a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
the dread presence of the headmaster
polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
a dreadful storm
a fearful howling
horrendous explosions shook the city
a terrible curse
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exceptionally bad or displeasing | | Example: atrocious taste
abominable workmanship
an awful voice
dreadful manners
a painful performance
terrible handwriting
an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
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intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality | | Example: severe pain
a severe case of flu
a terrible cough
under wicked fire from the enemy's guns
a wicked cough
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extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact | | Example: in a frightful hurry
spent a frightful amount of money
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