| 单词 | awful |
| 释义 | awful (once / 107 pages) 1adjadv 2adj Describe something that is exceptionally bad as awful, but be careful: Saying your mom's cooking is awful may be truthful, but it's also likely to get you a frying pan upside the head. In addition to meaning exceptionally bad, the adjective awful can also mean exceedingly large or extreme in degree. That new car costs an awful lot of money, for example. Perhaps you should think about a bus pass or bicycle instead! As an adverb, awful is used as an intensifier, meaning very. As in, "It's taking you an awful long time to finish that paper. Stop procrastinating." WORD FAMILYawful: awfuler, awfulest, awfully, awfulness, awfuls+/awfully: awfullys USAGE EXAMPLESMichael Harley, a team captain, reminded them of the Bishop Gorman game: did they remember how awful it felt to lose? The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) “They started screaming and crying about how awful the gum was,” Mary said. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Miami won with such awful statistics because of other numbers. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1adj exceptionally bad or displeasing an awful voice Syn abominable, atrocious, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable bad having undesirable or negative qualities 2adj offensive or even (of persons) malicious Syn|Ant nasty dirty, filthy, lousy vile; despicable grottyvery unpleasant or offensive hateful, meancharacterized by malice unpleasantdisagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings nice pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance goodagreeable or pleasing pleasant(of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior pleasantaffording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings 3adj causing fear or dread or terror the awful war an awful risk Syn dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger 4adj extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact Syn frightful, terrible, tremendous extraordinary beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable 5adv used as intensifiers 2I'm awful sorry Syn awfully, frightfully, terribly 1adj inspiring awe or admiration or wonder "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville Syn amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awing impressive making a strong or vivid impression 2adj inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence awful worshippers with bowed heads Syn awed reverent feeling or showing profound respect or veneration |
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