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Awful | Awful \Aw"ful\, a. 1. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene. ``The hour of Nature's awful throes.'' --Hemans. [1913 Webster] 2. Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive. [1913 Webster] Heaven's awful Monarch. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A weak and awful reverence for antiquity. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] 4. Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Thrust from the company of awful men. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster. [Slang] [1913 Webster] Syn: See {Frightful}. [1913 Webster] |
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