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| 1. | extremely bad; unpleasant; ugly: awful paintings; an awful job. |
| 2. | inspiring fear; dreadful; terrible: an awful noise. |
| 3. | solemnly impressive; inspiring awe: the awful majesty of alpine peaks. |
| 4. | full of awe; reverential. |
| 5. | extremely dangerous, risky, injurious, etc.: That was an awful fall she had. He took an awful chance by driving here so fast. |
| 6. | Informal. very; extremely: He did an awful good job of painting the barn. It's awful hot in here. |