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awful

/aw-fuhl/US // ˈɔ fəl //UK // (ˈɔːfʊl) //

可怕的,糟糕的,可怕的是,糟糕的是

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depressing压抑的,压抑,令人沮丧的,令人沮丧的是dreadful可怕的,骇人听闻,骇人听闻的,可怕atrocious骇人听闻,骇人听闻的,残暴的,残暴horrific可怕的,骇人听闻的,骇人听闻,恐怖的distressing苦恼,忧虑,困扰,忧伤tough艰难的,艰难,坚韧,坚韧的harrowing惨不忍睹,惨不忍睹的,令人震惊的,惨痛的horrible可怕的,可怕的是,可怕,恐怖的disgusting令人厌恶的,恶心的,令人厌恶,令人厌恶的是appalling骇人听闻,令人震惊,令人震惊的,骇人听闻的frightful可怕的,恐怖的,吓人的,可怕ugly丑陋,丑陋的,丑恶的,丑恶unpleasant令人不快的,不愉快的,令人不快,不愉快ghastly惨不忍睹,惨不忍睹的,骇人听闻,骇人听闻的dire严峻的,严酷的,严峻,严峻的形势horrendous可怕的,骇人听闻的,骇人听闻,可怕gruesome惨不忍睹,惨不忍睹的,恐怖的,恐怖nasty讨厌的,讨厌的人,龌龊,恶劣的hideous狰狞,狰狞的,丑陋的,丑陋shocking令人震惊的,触目惊心,令人震惊,震惊

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : extremely bad; unpleasant; ugly: awful paintings; an awful job.
    • : inspiring fear; dreadful; terrible: an awful noise.
    • : solemnly impressive; inspiring awe: the awful majesty of alpine peaks.
    • : full of awe; reverential.
    • : extremely dangerous, risky, injurious, etc.: That was an awful fall she had. He took an awful chance by driving here so fast.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Informal. very; extremely: He did an awful good job of painting the barn. It's awful hot in here.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.very bad; terrible
Synonyms
appalling骇人听闻,令人震惊,令人震惊的,骇人听闻的atrocious骇人听闻,骇人听闻的,残暴的,残暴depressing压抑的,压抑,令人沮丧的,令人沮丧的是dire严峻的,严酷的,严峻,严峻的形势disgusting令人厌恶的,恶心的,令人厌恶,令人厌恶的是distressing苦恼,忧虑,困扰,忧伤dreadful可怕的,骇人听闻,骇人听闻的,可怕frightful可怕的,恐怖的,吓人的,可怕ghastly惨不忍睹,惨不忍睹的,骇人听闻,骇人听闻的gruesome惨不忍睹,惨不忍睹的,恐怖的,恐怖harrowing惨不忍睹,惨不忍睹的,令人震惊的,惨痛的hideous狰狞,狰狞的,丑陋的,丑陋horrendous可怕的,骇人听闻的,骇人听闻,可怕horrible可怕的,可怕的是,可怕,恐怖的horrific可怕的,骇人听闻的,骇人听闻,恐怖的horrifying可怕的,骇人听闻,骇人听闻的,令人震惊的nasty讨厌的,讨厌的人,龌龊,恶劣的shocking令人震惊的,触目惊心,令人震惊,震惊tough艰难的,艰难,坚韧,坚韧的ugly丑陋,丑陋的,丑恶的,丑恶unpleasant令人不快的,不愉快的,令人不快,不愉快abominable可憎的,可恶的,可恨的,可恶alarming惊人的,惊心动魄,令人震惊的,惊心动魄的deplorable可悲的,可悲,遗憾的是,恶劣的fearful恐惧的,怵目惊心,恐惧,害怕grody格罗迪,格鲁迪,格劳迪,格罗蒂gross总金额,总的来说,总额,总的说来grungy邋遢的,邋遢,灰暗的,古怪的offensive攻击性的,攻击性,冒犯性,进攻性raunchy淫荡的,淫荡,淫秽的,淫乱的repulsive讨厌的人,厌恶的,厌恶,厌恶的人stinking臭气熏天,恶臭,臭烘烘的,恶臭的synthetic合成的,合成,合成物,综合性的unsightly不雅观的,不雅观,难看的,难看
Antonyms
agreeable称心如意的,中意的,称心的,称心如意attractive有吸引力的,有吸引力,吸引人的,具有吸引力的beautiful美丽的,美丽calming平静的,平静,镇定的,镇静的comforting舒适的,舒适性,安慰,舒适delicate微妙,细致,微妙的,精致delightful愉快的,令人愉快的,愉悦的,讨人喜欢的encouraging令人鼓舞的,令人鼓舞,令人鼓舞的是,鼓舞人心的gentle温文尔雅,温柔,温和,温柔的good很好,不错,好,好的great巨大的,巨大,优秀,厉害happy快乐,幸福,开心,快乐的inoffensive无伤大雅,无害的,不伤风化,不伤人kind种类,一种,种,样nice不错的,很好,很好的,不错pleasant愉快的,愉快,惬意,愉快地pleasing赏心悦目,讨好,赏心悦目的,讨人喜欢safe安全的,安全,保险柜,安全的的wonderful精彩,妙,精彩的,妙不可言ok好的,好吧

Examples

  • Besides, Schalke’s awful season heightened the need to introduce fresh talent.

  • There’s a lot of stuff that is lawful, but awful, and the government can’t regulate that away with or without Section 230.

  • That’s down from about 55,000 a year ago — but it’s still an awful lot of people.

  • All it takes is one person dropping in on you to generate awful thoughts about humankind.

  • While the reduction in numbers is a big improvement over a packed venue, Swartzberg says, “It’s still an awful lot of people to bring into a stadium.”

  • Yes, we do typically do better than Europe (and Canada, too, which is frequently awful on this score).

  • The simple, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.

  • However, not all awful, astoundingly dumb political memes are created equal.

  • I lost my mother five years ago… she was only 68, so that was pretty awful.

  • The results were awful: marked osteoporosis in the spine, hip, and femur.

  • But when you are there, the awful secret of conspiracy will not be revealed in caverns, dungeons, and darkness.

  • I begged him to come down here, but he wouldn't—says that his hand is no longer steady enough to hold a gun—it's awful!

  • It burst upon them ere long with awful fury and grandeur, the elements warring with incredible vehemence.

  • "I declare, wife, that was an awful accident over to the mills," said Mr. Slocum.

  • Bubby, why don't you go home and have your mother sew up that awful hole in your trowsers?

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