awful - Meaning in Kannada

awful - Meaning in Kannada

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Definitions and Meaning of awful in English

awful adjective

1. causing fear or dread or terror

   Synonyms

   dire, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

   ಅತಿಭಯಂಕರ, ಅತಿಭಯಂಕರವಾದ, ಅತಿಭಯಂಕರವಾದಂತ, ಅತಿಭಯಂಕರವಾದಂತಹ, ಉಗ್ರ, ಉಗ್ರವಾದ, ಉಗ್ರವಾದಂತ, ಉಗ್ರವಾದಂತಹ, ಪ್ರಚಂಡ, ಪ್ರಚಂಡನಾದ, ಪ್ರಚಂಡನಾದಂತ, ಪ್ರಚಂಡನಾದಂತಹ, ಭಯಂಕರ, ಭಯಂಕರವಾದ, ಭಯಂಕರವಾದಂತ, ಭಯಂಕರವಾದಂತಹ, ಭೀಕರ, ಭೀಕರವಾದ, ಭೀಕರವಾದಂತ, ಭೀಕರವಾದಂತಹ, ಭೀಷಣ, ಭೀಷಣವಾದ, ಭೀಷಣವಾದಂತ, ಭೀಷಣವಾದಂತಹ, ಮಹಾಚಂಡಿ, ಮಹಾಚಂಡಿಯಾದ, ಮಹಾಚಂಡಿಯಾದಂತ, ಮಹಾಚಂಡಿಯಾದಂತಹ, ರೌದ್ರ, ರೌದ್ರವ

   Examples

   • "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"
   • "a dreadful storm"
   • "a fearful howling"
   • "a terrible curse"
   • "an awful risk"
   • "dire news"
   • "horrendous explosions shook the city"
   • "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"
   • "the awful war"
   • "the dread presence of the headmaster"
2. exceptionally bad or displeasing

   Synonyms

   abominable, atrocious, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable

   Examples

   • "a painful performance"
   • "abominable workmanship"
   • "an awful voice"
   • "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
   • "atrocious taste"
   • "dreadful manners"
   • "terrible handwriting"
3. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder

   Synonyms

   amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awing

   Examples

   • "New York is an amazing city"
   • "the awesome complexity of the universe"
   • "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"
   • "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"
   • "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"
4. offensive or even (of persons) malicious

   Synonyms

   nasty

   Examples

   • "a nasty accident"
   • "a nasty shock"
   • "a nasty smell"
   • "a nasty trick to pull"
   • "in a nasty mood"
   • "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"
5. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact

   Synonyms

   frightful, terrible, tremendous

   Examples

   • "in a frightful hurry"
   • "spent a frightful amount of money"
6. inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence

   Synonyms

   awed

   Examples

   • "awed by the silence"
   • "awful worshippers with bowed heads"

awful abverb

1. used as intensifiers

   Synonyms

   awfully, frightfully, terribly

   Examples

   • "I'm awful sorry"
   • "terribly interesting"

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