Meaning : Exceptionally bad or displeasing.
Example :
Atrocious taste.
Abominable workmanship.
An awful voice.
Dreadful manners.
A painful performance.
Terrible handwriting.
An unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room.
Synonyms : abominable, atrocious, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable
Meaning : Causing fear or dread or terror.
Example :
The awful war.
An awful risk.
Dire news.
A career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked.
The dread presence of the headmaster.
Polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was.
A dreadful storm.
A fearful howling.
Horrendous explosions shook the city.
A terrible curse.
Synonyms : dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
Translation in other languages :
जो अपने आकार-प्रकार, रूप-रङ्ग आदि की भीपणता या विकरालता के कारण देखनेवालों के मन में आतङ्क, आशङ्का या भय का संचार करता हो। जिसे देखने से भय या डर लगे।
महिषासुर को मारने के लिए माँ काली ने भयानक रूप धारण किया।ಯಾರೋ ಒಬ್ಬರನ್ನು ನೋಡಿದಾಗ ಭಯಾ ಅಥವಾ ಹೆದರಿಕೆಯಾಗುವ
ಮಹಿಷಾಸುರನನ್ನು ವಧೆ ಮಾಡಲು ತಾಯಿ ಚಾಮುಂಡಿ ಪ್ರಚಂಡ ರೂಪವನ್ನು ತಾಳಿದಳು.കാണുമ്പോള് ഭയം തോന്നിക്കുന്ന.
മഹിഷാസുരനെ കൊല്ലുന്നതിനു വേണ്ടി കാളി അമ്മ തന്റെ പ്രചണ്ട രൂപം ധരിച്ചു.മാന്സിംഹ് ഭീകരനായ ഒരു കൊള്ളക്കാരനായിരുന്നു.Meaning : Offensive or even (of persons) malicious.
Example :
In a nasty mood.
A nasty accident.
A nasty shock.
A nasty smell.
A nasty trick to pull.
Will he say nasty things at my funeral?.
Synonyms : nasty
Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance.
What a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty.Meaning : Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
Example :
Awed by the silence.
Awful worshippers with bowed heads.
Synonyms : awed
Meaning : Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact.
Example :
In a frightful hurry.
Spent a frightful amount of money.
Synonyms : frightful, terrible, tremendous
Meaning : Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder.
Example :
New York is an amazing city.
The Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight.
The awesome complexity of the universe.
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.
Synonyms : amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awing
Meaning : Used as intensifiers.
Example :
Terribly interesting.
I'm awful sorry.
Synonyms : awfully, frightfully, terribly
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