Awful

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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

Synonyms Serious, bad, dreadful, critical, grave, terrible, and alarming.

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.