God-awful

[god-aw-fuhl]

God-aw·ful

[god-aw-fuhl]
adjective (sometimes lowercase) Informal.
extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!

Origin:
1875–80; Americanism
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God-awful is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
WordNet
god-awful

adjective
very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket" [syn: beastly
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