Awful synonyms

Awesome, a load of pants, alarming, ashamed, amazing, and awe-inspiring are all synonyms for awful. Lovely, wonderful, good, and excellent are antonyms of awful. And here are 125 another word for awful.

Another word for awful

1. very unpleasant

A load of pants, abominable, abysmal, appalling, atrocious, beastly, chronic, crummy, diabolical, dire, disgustful, disgusting, dreadful, duff, execrable, foul, frightful, from hell, ghastly, godawful, gross, grotty, gruesome, hellacious, hideous, hopeless, horrendous, horrible, horrid, icky, inadequate, inferior, lamentable, laughable, loathly, loathsome, lousy, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, pathetic, poor, poxy, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, rubbish, sick-making, sickening, substandard, terrible, unsatisfactory, useless, very bad, very unpleasant, vile, woeful, yucky, and egregious are all synonyms for awful.

2. serious

Alarming, bad, dreadful, grave, serious, terrible, and critical are all another word for awful.

3. ill

Ashamed, chastened, conscience-stricken, contrite, crook, crummy, dizzy, dreadful, faint, full of regret, giddy, green around the gills, grotty, guilt-ridden, guilty, ill, lousy, nauseated, nauseous, off colour, off, peaked, peakish, peaky, peely-wally, penitent, poorly, queasy, queer, regretful, remorseful, repentant, ropy, rotten, rough, seedy, self-reproachful, shamefaced, sick, sorry, terrible, unwell, wabbit, washed out, and apologetic are all synonyms for awful.

4. awe-inspiring

Amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, dread, impressive, and fearful are all another word for awful.

Awful synonym statistics

Awful synonym page has a variety of synonyms that differ in length. 3 synonyms with 3, and 12 letters and 9 synonyms with 4 letters. 16 synonyms with 5 letters and 15 synonyms with 6, and 7 letters.

18 synonyms with 8 letters and 19 synonyms with 9 letters. 14 synonyms with 10 letters and 2 synonyms with 11, and 14 letters. 1 synonym with 13, 15, 18, and 19 letters. For a total of 120 another word for awful.

Awful sentences

The weather was truly awful.

He made an awful mistake.

That movie was just awful.

She had an awful day.

Related Words for awful

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    • Synonyms: attractive, pretty
    • Opposites: ugly, unattractive
    • Part of speech: adjective
  2. Fulfilling
    • Synonyms: Gratifying, satisfying
    • Opposites: empty, unsatisfying
    • Part of speech: verb
  3. Fulfil
    • Synonyms: succeed in, attain
    • Opposites: fail in, neglect
    • Part of speech: verb
  4. Cheerful
    • Synonyms: happy, jolly
    • Opposites: sad, cheerless
    • Part of speech: adjective
  5. Powerful
    • Synonyms: influential, high-powered
    • Opposites: weak, helpless
    • Part of speech: adjective
  6. Respectful
    • Synonyms: deferential, reverent
    • Opposites: disrespectful, rude
    • Part of speech: adjective
  7. Colorful
    • Synonyms: brightly coloured, bright-coloured
    • Opposites: colorless, dull, drab
    • Part of speech: adjective
  8. Fully
    • Synonyms: completely, entirely
    • Opposites: partially, nearly
    • Part of speech: adverb
  9. Successful
    • Synonyms: victorious, triumphant
    • Opposites: unsuccessful, unsuccessful, unprofitable, poor
    • Part of speech: adjective
  10. Earful
    • Synonyms: Informative talk, long explanation
    • Opposites: silence, quiet
    • Part of speech: noun
  11. Fruitful
    • Synonyms: fruit-bearing, fructiferous
    • Opposites: fruitless, futile
    • Part of speech: adjective
  12. Joyful
    • Synonyms: cheerful, happy
    • Opposites: sad, miserable, distressing, depressing
    • Part of speech: adjective
  13. Mindful
    • Synonyms: aware of, conscious of
    • Opposites: heedless, oblivious
    • Part of speech: adjective
  14. Hopeful
    • Synonyms: optimistic, full of hope
    • Opposites: pessimistic, discouraging
    • Part of speech: adjective
  15. Thoughtful
    • Synonyms: pensive, thinking
    • Opposites: vacant, superficial
    • Part of speech: adjective
  16. Thankful
    • Synonyms: Grateful, appreciative
    • Opposites: disappointed, ungrateful
    • Part of speech: adjective
  17. Hopefully
    • Synonyms: optimistically, with hope
    • Opposites: pessimistically, doubtfully
    • Part of speech: adverb
  18. Impactful
    • Synonyms: Influential, powerful
    • Opposites: ineffective, insignificant
    • Part of speech: adjective
  19. Careful
    • Synonyms: cautious, heedful
    • Opposites: careless, reckless
    • Part of speech: adjective
  20. Harmful
    • Synonyms: damaging, injurious
    • Opposites: beneficial, harmless
    • Part of speech: adjective
  21. Meaningful
    • Synonyms: significant, relevant
    • Opposites: meaningless, inconsequential
    • Part of speech: adjective
  22. Grateful
    • Synonyms: Appreciative, thankful
    • Opposites: ungrateful, indifferent
    • Part of speech: adjective
  23. Wonderful
    • Synonyms: marvellous, magnificent
    • Opposites: awful, dreadful
    • Part of speech: adjective
  24. Full
    • Synonyms: filled, filled up
    • Opposites: empty, incomplete, selective, partial, vague
    • Part of speech: adjective