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  • 21awful — adjective 1) the place smelled awful Syn: disgusting, horrible, terrible, dreadful, ghastly, nasty, vile, foul, revolting, repulsive, repugnant, odious, sickening, nauseating; informal yucky, gross, beastly …

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  • 22awful*/*/ — [ˈɔːf(ə)l] adj extremely bad Syn: terrible This wine tastes awful.[/ex] There were these awful people sitting behind us who talked all through the film.[/ex] That s an awful thing to say.[/ex] • an awful lot spoken a very large amount[/ex] There… …

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  • 23awful — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, smell, sound, taste ▪ I felt awful when I realized what I d done. ▪ The fish tasted awful …

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  • 24awful — adjective 1) the place smelled awful Syn: disgusting, terrible, dreadful, ghastly, horrible, vile, foul, revolting, repulsive, repugnant, sickening, nauseating; informal gross; Brit.; informal beastly 2) …

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  • 25awful — 1. adjective a) Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling, terrible. God ought not to be commixed in our actions, but with awful reverence, and an attention full of honour and respect. b) Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; …

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  • 26awful — adj. 1 colloq. a unpleasant or horrible (awful weather). b poor in quality; very bad (has awful writing). c (attrib.) excessive; large ({{}}an awful lot of money). 2 poet. inspiring awe. Derivatives: awfulness n. Etymology: AWE + FUL …

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  • 27awful — /ˈɔfəl / (say awfuhl) adjective 1. extremely bad; unpleasant; ugly. 2. Colloquial very great: an awful lot. 3. inspiring fear; dreadful; terrible. 4. full of awe; reverential. 5. inspiring reverential awe; solemnly impressive. –adverb 6.… …

  • 28awful — adjective 1》 very bad or unpleasant. 2》 used for emphasis: an awful lot of letters. 3》 archaic inspiring awe. Derivatives awfulness noun …

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  • 29awful - awfully — ◊ awful The adjective awful is used in two ways: In conversation, you use it to say that something is very unpleasant or of very poor quality. Isn t the weather awful? Gas smells awful. The road is awful; narrow and bumpy. In writing or… …

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  • 30Awful Orphan — is a 1949 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. A sequel to the 1947 Looney Tunes short Little Orphan Airdale , The Awful Orphan stars Charlie Dog, who goes to great lengths to convince Porky… …

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