awful (adv.)
awful (adj.)
- abominable
- appalling
- arrant
- astounding
- atrocious
- august
- awe-inspiring
- awesome
- awing
- bad
- baneful
- barbaric
- base
- beastly
- big
- bizarre
- blameworthy
- brutal
- contemptible
- crazy
- damned
- deadly
- deluxe
- deplorable
- despicable
- detestable
- dire
- direful
- disgusting
- divine
- dread
- dreaded
- dreadful
- eerie
- egregious
- elaborate
- elegant
- enormous
- estimable
- execrable
- extravagant
- fancy
- fearful
- fell
- fetid
- filthy
- fine
- flagrant
- forbidding
- formidable
- foul
- frightful
- fulsome
- ghastly
- ghoulish
- glorious
- grand
- grandiose
- grave
- grievous
- grim
- grisly
- gross
- grotesque
- gruesome
- hateful
- heavenly
- heinous
- hideous
- holy
- honorable
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrid
- horrific
- horrifying
- howling
- imposing
- impressive
- ineffable
- inexpressible
- infamous
- inferior
- inviolable
- inviolate
- lamentable
- loathsome
- lousy
- luxurious
- macabre
- magnificent
- majestic
- monstrous
- morbid
- moving
- much
- mysterious
- nasty
- nefarious
- noble
- noisome
- notorious
- numinous
- obnoxious
- odious
- offensive
- ominous
- outrageous
- palatial
- pitiable
- pitiful
- plush
- portentous
- posh
- princely
- proud
- rank
- redoubtable
- regrettable
- religious
- repelling
- reprehensible
- repugnant
- repulsive
- reverend
- revolting
- ritzy
- rotten
- rousing
- sacred
- sacrosanct
- sad
- scandalous
- scurvy
- serious
- shabby
- shameful
- shocking
- shoddy
- solemn
- sordid
- spiritual
- splendid
- splendiferous
- squalid
- stately
- sumptuous
- superb
- superfine
- swank
- swanky
- swell
- tasteless
- terrible
- terrific
- thumping
- time-honored
- tragic
- tremendous
- ugly
- uncanny
- unclean
- unpleasant
- unsightly
- unspeakable
- untouchable
- unutterable
- venerable
- vile
- villainous
- weird
- whacking
- whopping
- woeful
- worshipful
- worst
- worthless
- wretched
Abash'd the devil stood,
And felt how awful goodness is, and saw
Virtue in her shape how lovely.
When Israel, of the Lord belov'd,
Out of the land of bondage came,
Her fathers' God before her mov'd,
An awful guide in smoke and flame.
But who, if he be called upon to face
Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined
Great issues, good or bad for humankind,
Is happy as a lover.
Creation sleeps! 'T is as the general pulse
Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause,—
An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
Within that awful volume lies
The mystery of mysteries!
