Awful
Very unpleasant
Synonyms Very unpleasant, nasty, dreadful, horrid, vile, abominable, atrocious, hideous, objectionable, frightful, revolting, repellent, odious, nauseating, gruesome, yucky, godawful, from hell, grotty, hellacious, noisome, loathly, poor, inadequate, unsatisfactory, laughable, execrable, pathetic, useless, abysmal, duff, rubbish, poxy, disgusting, terrible, ghastly, horrible, foul, appalling, horrendous, offensive, obnoxious, loathsome, repulsive, repugnant, sickening, nauseous, diabolical, sick-making, gross, icky, beastly, lousy, disgustful, very bad, hopeless, inferior, substandard, lamentable, crummy, rotten, woeful, dire, chronic, a load of pants, and egregious.
Serious
Ill
Synonyms Ill, washed out, sick, nauseous, green around the gills, dizzy, off, poorly, lousy, terrible, crummy, ropy, peely-wally, queer, peaked, remorseful, guilty, ashamed, contrite, full of regret, repentant, shamefaced, apologetic, unwell, peaky, queasy, nauseated, faint, giddy, off colour, rough, rotten, dreadful, grotty, wabbit, crook, seedy, peakish, conscience-stricken, guilt-ridden, chastened, sorry, regretful, penitent, and self-reproachful.
Awe-inspiring
Synonyms Awe-inspiring, impressive, dread, awesome, amazing, and fearful.
Example Sentences
The weather was truly awful.
He made an awful mistake.
That movie was just awful.
She had an awful day.