Synonyms of the word

awful

• adj. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
• adj. (now rare) Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.
• adj. Struck or filled with awe.
• adj. (obsolete) Terror-stricken.
• adj. Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.
• adj. Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
• adj. Very bad.
• adv. (colloquial, US, Canada) Very, extremely.

abominable

• adj. Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful;…
• adj. (obsolete) Excessive, large (used as an intensifier).
• adj. Very bad or inferior.
• adj. Disagreeable or unpleasant.

alarming

• v. present participle of alarm.
• adj. causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.

amazing

• v. present participle of amaze.
• adj. Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising.
• adj. Possessing uniquely wonderful qualities.
• adj. Very good.

atrocious

• adj. Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.
• adj. Offensive or heinous.
• adj. Very bad; abominable, disgusting.

awe-inspiring

• adj. Inspiring awe; awesome.
• v. present participle of awe-inspire.

awed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of awe.
• adj. Filled with awe.
• adj. Having or showing awe.

awesome

• adj. (dated) Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.
• adj. (colloquial) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.
• n. (Internet slang) The quality, state, or essence of being awesome or cool; awesomeness.

awfully

• adv. Badly, terribly.
• adv. (not comparable) Very; exceedingly; extremely; excessively.
• adv. (archaic) In a manner inspiring awe.
• adv. (archaic) Reverently.
• adv. (obsolete) Fearfully.

awing

• adv. On the wing; flying; fluttering.
• v. present participle of awe.

bad

• adj. Not good; unfavorable; negative.
• adj. Not suitable or fitting.
• adj. Seemingly non-appropriate, in manners, etc.
• adj. Unhealthy.
• adj. Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
• adj. Evil; wicked.
• adj. Faulty; not functional.
• adj. (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
• adj. (of breath) Malodorous, foul.
• adj. (informal) Bold and daring.
• adj. (hip-hop slang) good, superlative.
• adj. (of a need or want) Severe, urgent.
• adv. (now colloquial) Badly.
• n. (slang) Error, mistake.
• n. (countable, uncountable, economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted…
• adj. (slang) Fantastic.
• v. (archaic) Alternative past tense of bid. See bade.
• v. (Britain, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut).

dire

• adj. Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
• adj. Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
• adj. Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
• adj. (informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.

direful

• adj. Fearful, terrible.

dirty

• adj. Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
• adj. That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
• adj. Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
• adj. Dishonourable; violating accepted standards or rules.
• adj. Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
• adj. Out of tune.
• adj. Of color, discolored by impurities.
• adj. (computing) Containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory.
• adj. (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
• adj. (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
• adj. Sleety; gusty; stormy.
• adv. In a dirty manner.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) dirty.
• v. (transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
• v. (transitive) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
• v. (intransitive) To become soiled.

dread

• v. (transitive) To fear greatly.
• v. To anticipate with fear.
• v. (intransitive) To be in dread, or great fear.
• v. (transitive) To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.
• n. Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
• n. Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
• n. Somebody or something dreaded.
• n. (obsolete) A person highly revered.
• n. (obsolete) Fury; dreadfulness.
• n. A Rastafarian.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) dreadlock.
• adj. Terrible; greatly feared.
• adj. (archaic) Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.

dreaded

• adj. Causing fear, dread or terror.
• adj. Wearing dreadlocks.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of dread.

dreadful

• adj. (obsolete) Full of dread, whether.
• adj. Full of something causing dread, whether.
• n. A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style.
• n. A journal or broadsheet printing such reports.
• n. A shocking or sensational crime.

extraordinary

• adj. Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual;.
• adj. Remarkably good.

fearful

• adj. Frightening.
• adj. (now rare) Frightened, filled with terror.
• adj. Tending to fear.
• adj. (dated) Terrible; shockingly bad.

fearsome

• adj. frightening, especially in appearance.
• adj. (rare or archaic) fearful, frightened.

filthy

• adj. Covered with filth; very dirty.
• adj. Obscene or offensive.
• adj. Very unpleasant or disagreeable.
• v. (transitive) To make very dirty; to cover in filth.

frightening

• adj. Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.
• adj. (figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.
• v. present participle of frighten.

frightful

• adj. (obsolete) Full of fright, whether.
• adj. Full of something causing fright, whether.

frightfully

• adv. In a frightful manner.
• adv. Very, extremely.

grotty

• adj. (slang, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) unpleasant, dirty, slovenly or offensive.

hateful

• adj. Evoking a feeling of hatred.
• adj. Dislikeable.
• adj. Full of hatred.

horrendous

• adj. Extremely bad; awful; terrible.

horrific

• adj. Horrifying, causing horror; horrible.

impressive

• adj. Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress.
• adj. Capable of being impressed.
• adj. Appealing.

lousy

• adj. Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible.
• adj. Infested with lice.
• adj. (colloquial, usually with with) Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).

mean

• v. To intend.
• v. To convey meaning.
• v. (transitive) To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
• v. (transitive) To result in; to bring about.
• v. (transitive) To be important (to).
• v. (Ireland, Britain regional) To lament.
• adj. (obsolete) Common; general.
• adj. Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
• adj. Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
• adj. Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
• adj. Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
• adj. (chiefly Britain) Ungenerous; stingy, tightfisted; North American English: cheap; formal: niggardly, penurious,…
• adj. Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating; small.
• adj. Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.
• adj. Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious.
• adj. Powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging.
• adj. Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
• adj. (informal, often childish) Difficult, tricky.
• adj. Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.
• adj. (obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.
• n. (now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
• n. (obsolete, in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
• n. Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
• n. (music, now historical) The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part…
• n. (statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number…
• n. (mathematics) Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number…
• n. (mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and…

nasty

• adj. (now chiefly US) Dirty, filthy.
• adj. Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).
• adj. Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.
• adj. Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd.
• adj. Spiteful, unkind.
• adj. (chiefly Britain) Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous.
• adj. (chiefly Britain) Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.).
• adj. (slang, chiefly US) Formidable, terrific; wicked.
• n. (informal) Something nasty.
• n. (euphemistic, preceded by "the") Sexual intercourse.

painful

• adj. Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
• adj. Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).
• adj. Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.
• adj. (now rare) Painstaking; careful; industrious.
• adj. (informal) Very bad, poor.

reverent

• adj. showing respect or reverence; respectful.

terrible

• adj. Dreadful; causing alarm and fear.
• adj. Formidable, powerful.
• adj. Intense; extreme in degree or extent.
• adj. Unpleasant; disagreeable.
• adj. Very bad; lousy.

terribly

• adv. (literary or dated) Causing terror or awe.
• adv. Very; extremely.
• adv. Very badly.

tremendous

• adj. awe-inspiring; terrific.
• adj. Notable for its size, power, or excellence.
• adj. Extremely large (in amount, extent, degree, etc.) or great.

unpleasant

• adj. Not pleasant.

unspeakable

• adj. Incapable of being spoken or uttered; unutterable; ineffable; inexpressible.
• adj. Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described.
• adj. Extremely bad or objectionable.