Crossword-Solution: AWFUL
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Awful | a. | Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene. |
| Awful | a. | Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive. |
| Awful | a. | Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken. |
| Awful | a. | Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding. |
| Awful | a. | Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| AWFUL | anagram | FULWA |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
EARA
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Sentences with AWFUL (5)
From his place of ambush came he, Striding terrible among them, And so awful was his aspect That the bravest quailed with terror.
Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone; and as a God Extoll him equal to the highest in Heav’n: Nor fail’d they to express how much they prais’d, That for the general safety he despis’d His own: for neither do the Spirits damn’d Loose all thir vertue; least bad men should boast Thir specious deeds on earth, which glory excites, Or close ambition varnisht o’re with zeal.
She trusts us.” “How awful it’s been these last three months.” Signa held the lantern so that he could see to buckle the straps.
Bathsheba indulged in contemplations of escape from her position by immediate death, which, thought she, though it was an inconvenient and awful way, had limits to its inconvenience and awfulness that could not be overpassed; whilst the shames of life were measureless.
Say, am I vile? Am I not utterly unclean, a wretch Doomed to be banished, and in banishment Forgo the sight of all my dearest ones, And never tread again my native earth; Or else to wed my mother and slay my sire, Polybus, who begat me and upreared? If one should say, this is the handiwork Of some inhuman power, who could blame His judgment? But, ye pure and awful gods, Forbid, forbid that I should see that day! May I be blotted out from living men Ere such a plague spot set on me its brand! CHORUS.
Quotes with AWFUL (3)
You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved.
It frightens me, the awful truth, of how sweet life can be...
The best consolation in misfortune or affliction of any kind will be the thought of other people who are in a still worse plight than yourself; and this is a form of consolation open to every one. But what an awful fate this means for mankind as a whole! We are like lambs in a field, disporting themselves under the eye of the butcher, who chooses out first one and then another for his prey.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, Slate, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 171 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).