Synonyms for Awful:

• adj.

  •abominable (adjective)
  • re prehensible,
  • grodiest,
  • beastlier,
  • grody,
  • foul,
  • grodier,
  • beastliest,
  • gross,
  • re-prehensible.
  •all (adjective)
  • atrocious,
  • awful,
  • unspeakable,
  • painful,
  • dreadful,
  • abominable,
  • terrible.
  •almighty (adjective)
  • in tense,
  • in-tensest,
  • in-tense,
  • in tenser,
  • in-tenser,
  • in tensest.
  •amazing (adjective)
  • awesome.
  •appalling (adjective)
  • dis maying,
  • most unnerving,
  • un-nerving,
  • dis heartening,
  • Ender,
  • un nerving,
  • most scaring,
  • most petrifying,
  • more scaring,
  • the end,
  • endest,
  • more disheartening,
  • most daunting,
  • most disheartening,
  • most dismaying,
  • more petrifying,
  • more dismaying,
  • dis-maying,
  • more daunting,
  • more unnerving,
  • dis-heartening.
  •atrocious (adjective)
  • scandalous,
  • godawful,
  • more godawful,
  • most godawful,
  • more horrifying,
  • monstrous,
  • most horrifying.
  •awesome (adjective)
  • striking,
  • over-whelming,
  • mindblowing,
  • aweinspiring,
  • impressive,
  • awe inspiring,
  • more nervous,
  • mind blowing,
  • over whelming,
  • most stupefying,
  • more stupefying,
  • real gone,
  • fearsome,
  • zero cool,
  • grandest,
  • something else.
  •awful (adjective)
  • repulsive,
  • horrible,
  • frightful,
  • horrid,
  • appalling,
  • hideous,
  • ghastly,
  • dire,
  • unpleasant.
  •bad (adjective)
  • sad,
  • poorer,
  • cruddy,
  • not good,
  • bottom out,
  • most inferior,
  • junky,
  • the pits.
  •catastrophic, very bad (adjective)
  • tragic.
  •creepy (adjective)
  • hairraising,
  • more itching,
  • shuddersome,
  • most itching,
  • more shuddersome,
  • hair raising,
  • most shuddersome.
  •deplorable (adjective)
  • opprobrious.
  •despicable (adjective)
  • infamous,
  • lowlife,
  • low-life.
  •detestable (adjective)
  • low-down,
  • lowdown,
  • hateable.
  •dire (adjective)
  • more scowling,
  • most oppressing,
  • de-pressing,
  • more oppressing,
  • un-fortunate,
  • de pressing,
  • re doubtable,
  • re-doubtable,
  • ruinous,
  • un fortunate,
  • portentous,
  • most scowling.
  •direful (adjective)
  • inauspicious,
  • Ill-boding,
  • unpropitious.
  •disagreeable (adjective)
  • unhappy,
  • painer,
  • dragger.
  •disgusting (adjective)
  • nerdy,
  • shameless,
  • more sleazeball,
  • sleazeball,
  • more surfeiting,
  • most satiating,
  • yecchier,
  • nerdiest,
  • more satiating,
  • dis-gusting,
  • yecchy,
  • dis gusting,
  • nerdier,
  • scuzzy,
  • more cloying,
  • yecchiest,
  • scuzziest,
  • most surfeiting,
  • most sleazeball,
  • scuzzier.
  •disgusting, nauseating (adjective)
  • revolting.
  •disgusting, offensive (adjective)
  • nasty.
  •fearful (adjective)
  • sub-lime,
  • un earthlier,
  • un-earthliest,
  • un-earthly,
  • un earthly,
  • un earthliest,
  • sub lime,
  • un-earthlier.
  •fierce (adjective)
  • howling,
  • un tamed,
  • raging,
  • more howling,
  • feller,
  • most tigerish,
  • apest,
  • Flipped,
  • most howling,
  • tumultous tumultuous,
  • murderous,
  • tumultous-tumultuous,
  • enraged,
  • untamed,
  • more brutish,
  • more tigerish,
  • un controllable,
  • most brutish,
  • aper,
  • more flipped,
  • un-tamed,
  • un-controllable,
  • tumultoustumultuous,
  • fellest,
  • tigerish,
  • most flipped.
  •flagrant (adjective)
  • noticeable,
  • ostentatious,
  • out and out,
  • stick out like sore thumb,
  • bare-faced,
  • undisguised,
  • egregious,
  • flagitous.
  •flaunting, blatant; without shame (adjective)
  • flagrant.
  •frightening (adjective)
  • terrifying,
  • nightmarish.
  •frightful (adjective)
  • in-sufferable,
  • in sufferable.
  •frightful/frightening (adjective)
  • in conceivable,
  • in-conceivable,
  • dis-quieting,
  • grabber,
  • traumatic,
  • most grabber,
  • most traumatic,
  • more traumatic,
  • dis quieting,
  • more grabber.
  •ghastly (adjective)
  • wraithlike,
  • more mortuary,
  • corpselike,
  • un canniest,
  • un canny,
  • more wraithlike,
  • most corpselike,
  • most mortuary,
  • un-cannier,
  • more corpselike,
  • un-natural,
  • super natural,
  • un-canniest,
  • ghostlike,
  • un cannier,
  • most wraithlike,
  • ghostly,
  • super-natural,
  • un-canny.
  •grisly (adjective)
  • Blood-stained,
  • grisly.
  •hard to believe; amazing (adjective)
  • marvelous.
  •hateful (adjective)
  • de spiteful,
  • de-spiteful,
  • more uncool,
  • more cussed,
  • most cussed,
  • un-desirable,
  • uncool,
  • un cool,
  • un-cool,
  • un desirable,
  • most uncool.
  •hateful; beyond contempt (adjective)
  • despicable.
  •heinous (adjective)
  • heinous.
  •hideous (adjective)
  • un sightly,
  • un-comely,
  • un sightliest,
  • more beast,
  • most beast,
  • un-sightly,
  • un comely,
  • un-sightliest,
  • un sightlier,
  • un-sightlier.
  •horrendous (adjective)
  • horrifyin,
  • most horrifyin,
  • more horrifyin.
  •horrible (adjective)
  • most sickie,
  • fairiest,
  • fairier,
  • more sickie,
  • sickie.
  •horrible, terrifying (adjective)
  • formidable.
  •horrible/horrendous/horrid (adjective)
  • un-kindest,
  • un-godliest,
  • scarier,
  • un-godly,
  • un godly,
  • un godlier,
  • scary,
  • un-kind,
  • un-kinder,
  • un kinder,
  • un kindest,
  • un godliest,
  • un-godlier,
  • un kind.
  •horrid (adjective)
  • Lou,
  • louest,
  • louer.
  •huge, overwhelming (adjective)
  • tremendous.
  •incommunicable (adjective)
  • most description,
  • in-communicable,
  • in communicable,
  • more description,
  • defying description.
  •indefinable (adjective)
  • in-definable,
  • in definable.
  •inexpressible (adjective)
  • in-expressible,
  • in expressible.
  •lamentable (adjective)
  • more hurting,
  • most god awful,
  • more god-awful,
  • god-awful,
  • god awful,
  • un favorable,
  • un-favorable,
  • most hurting,
  • more god awful,
  • most god-awful.
  •loathsome, abominable (adjective)
  • detestable.
  •lousy (adjective)
  • second-rate,
  • no good,
  • second rate,
  • shoddy,
  • secondrate,
  • slovenly.
  •malicious (adjective)
  • bad-natured,
  • most bad-natured,
  • illdisposed,
  • more illdisposed,
  • badnatured,
  • evil minded,
  • evilminded,
  • more ill disposed,
  • most ill-disposed,
  • more bad-natured,
  • most ill disposed,
  • more badnatured,
  • bad natured,
  • most illdisposed,
  • most badnatured,
  • most bad natured,
  • green eyed,
  • more ill-disposed,
  • ill-disposed,
  • more bad natured,
  • greeneyed,
  • ill disposed.
  •marvelous (adjective)
  • difficult believe,
  • un usual,
  • in credible,
  • sur prising,
  • un believable,
  • more confounding,
  • more bewildering,
  • un-likeliest,
  • in-credible,
  • un likely,
  • un-imaginable,
  • most confounding,
  • in comprehensible,
  • un-likely,
  • be-wildering,
  • extra ordinary,
  • be wildering,
  • un imaginable,
  • most bewildering,
  • difficult to believe,
  • extra-ordinary,
  • un-likelier,
  • un likeliest,
  • un-believable,
  • un likelier,
  • un-usual,
  • staggering,
  • sur-prising.
  •nasty (adjective)
  • uncleanly,
  • most polluted,
  • bummest,
  • un-cleaner,
  • un-cleanest,
  • un appetizing,
  • un clean,
  • un cleaner,
  • un-cleanlier,
  • more polluted,
  • un cleanlier,
  • un cleanliest,
  • un-cleanliest,
  • mephitic,
  • un-appetizing,
  • un cleanest,
  • soiled,
  • un cleanly,
  • un-cleanly.
  •nasty, scary (adjective)
  • creepy.
  •obnoxious (adjective)
  • pain neck,
  • more dislikable,
  • heelest,
  • dis-likable,
  • pain in neck,
  • Heeler,
  • most dislikable,
  • offcolor,
  • dislikable,
  • Piller,
  • off color,
  • dis likable,
  • big mouth,
  • pillest,
  • pain the neck.
  •odd, bizarre (adjective)
  • weird.
  •offensive, repulsive (adjective)
  • obnoxious.
  •painful (adjective)
  • more saddening,
  • more throbbing,
  • in-flamed,
  • smarting,
  • extremely bad,
  • un comfortable,
  • un-comfortable,
  • most throbbing,
  • in flamed,
  • most saddening.
  •repellent (adjective)
  • rebarbative,
  • most rebarbative,
  • more rebarbative.
  •repulsive (adjective)
  • repellent.
  •severe (adjective)
  • almighty.
  •sickening; repulsive (adjective)
  • disgusting.
  •terrible (adjective)
  • most dreaded,
  • in-convenient,
  • in convenient,
  • more dreaded,
  • inconvenient.
  •terrible, sad (adjective)
  • woeful.
  •terrific (adjective)
  • more agitating,
  • most agitating,
  • more terrorizing,
  • most terrorizing.
  •tragic (adjective)
  • most heart-rending,
  • ill-starred,
  • de-solate,
  • anguished,
  • ill fated,
  • most crushing,
  • more anguished,
  • heart rending,
  • more crushing,
  • de solate,
  • illstarred,
  • ill starred,
  • most anguished,
  • illfated,
  • most heart rending,
  • more heart-rending,
  • more heart rending,
  • heart-rending.
  •tremendous (adjective)
  • whalest,
  • most cracking,
  • blimper,
  • most humongous,
  • mondo,
  • blimpest,
  • whaler,
  • most mondo,
  • most whopper,
  • more humongous,
  • more mondo,
  • great big,
  • more whopper,
  • more cracking.
  •ugly (adjective)
  • unprepossessing,
  • bad-looking,
  • not much to look at,
  • Hard-featured,
  • mis-shapen,
  • unbeautiful.
  •unattractive (adjective)
  • ugly.
  •undescribable (adjective)
  • un-describable,
  • un describable.
  •unfortunate, shameful (adjective)
  • deplorable.
  •unholy (adjective)
  • un civilized,
  • un holier,
  • un holy,
  • un holiest,
  • un reasonable,
  • un-reasonable,
  • unholy,
  • un-holier,
  • un-holy,
  • un-holiest,
  • un-civilized.
  •uninviting (adjective)
  • un appealing,
  • un-appealing,
  • un inviting,
  • un-inviting.
  •unspeakable (adjective)
  • indefinable,
  • beyond words,
  • Incommunicable,
  • inexpressible,
  • undescribable,
  • unutterable.
  •unutterable (adjective)
  • un-utterable,
  • un utterable.
  •upsetting, miserable (adjective)
  • lamentable.
  •very bad; terrible (adjective)
  • synthetic,
  • raunchy,
  • gruesome,
  • stinking,
  • depressing,
  • harrowing,
  • grungy,
  • distressing,
  • tough.
  •weird (adjective)
  • magical,
  • un-couth,
  • in-scrutable,
  • farout,
  • un couth,
  • in scrutable.
  •wicked (adjective)
  • wicked.
  •woeful (adjective)
  • more grieving,
  • more racked,
  • dis-appointing,
  • more agonized,
  • most tortured,
  • dis appointing,
  • most agonized,
  • most grieving,
  • Racked,
  • most racked,
  • heartsick,
  • more tortured.
  •yucky (adjective)
  • skanky,
  • yucky.

• adv

  •extremely (adverb)
  • unusually.
  •highly (adverb)
  • immensely,
  • so much,
  • terrifically,
  • but good,
  • supremely,
  • strikingly,
  • hugely,
  • surpassingly.

• adv.

  •all (adverb)
  • awfully,
  • terribly,
  • frightfully.
  •beastly (adverb)
  • un-pleasant,
  • un pleasant.
  •highly (adverb)
  • extraordinarily,
  • mucho,
  • very much.
  •unusually (adverb)
  • un-usually,
  • un usually,
  • un commonly,
  • un-common,
  • un common.

• n.

  •
  • in depth,
  • unadulterated,
  • wretched,
  • disagreeable,
  • total,
  • offensive,
  • pure,
  • resounding,
  • outright,
  • thorough,
  • poor,
  • sound,
  • utter.
  •
  • serious,
  • desperate.
  •
  • someone couldn't do something if they tried,
  • no-good.
  •
  • unappealing,
  • hard.
  •alarming (noun)
  • alarming.
  •amazing (noun)
  • amazing.
  •awe-inspiring (noun)
  • awe-inspiring.
  •awed (noun)
  • awed.
  •awing (noun)
  • awing.
  •direful (noun)
  • direful.
  •dirty (noun)
  • dirty.
  •dread (noun)
  • dread.
  •dreaded (noun)
  • dreaded.
  •fearful (noun)
  • fearful.
  •filthy (noun)
  • filthy.
  •frightening (noun)
  • frightening.
  •frightful (noun)
  • very bad,
  • unsightly,
  • horrific,
  • vile,
  • beastly,
  • shocking,
  • horrifying,
  • horrendous,
  • apalling.
  •grotty (noun)
  • grotty.
  •hateful (noun)
  • hateful.
  •impressive (noun)
  • lofty,
  • exalted.
  •lousy (noun)
  • lousy.
  •reverent (noun)
  • reverent.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cheapjack,
  • uncharitable,
  • gestapo,
  • fierce,
  • thankless,
  • draconian,
  • unenviable,
  • amateurish,
  • dastardly,
  • unrewarding,
  • cold-blooded,
  • twisted,
  • any,
  • barbarous,
  • unwelcome,
  • despotic,
  • inhumane,
  • fiendishly,
  • brutish,
  • ruthless,
  • hell of a,
  • satanic,
  • inept,
  • keenly,
  • bestial,
  • fervid,
  • ineffective,
  • ill-equipped,
  • venomous,
  • extravagant,
  • e'en,
  • snide,
  • dearly,
  • ultimately,
  • vicious,
  • cowardly,
  • inhuman,
  • towering,
  • indeed,
  • unkind,
  • frighteningly,
  • unsparing,
  • stark,
  • fatally,
  • inhospitable,
  • off-putting,
  • unnecessary,
  • brutal,
  • heavy-duty,
  • impotent,
  • frontal,
  • leastways,
  • savage,
  • objectionable,
  • waspish,
  • unmentionable,
  • catty,
  • bloody,
  • ill-prepared,
  • ungenerous,
  • barbaric,
  • rigorous,
  • cruel,
  • joyless,
  • malicious,
  • inadequate,
  • strongly,
  • unemployable,
  • genuinely,
  • predatory,
  • vindictive,
  • malignant,
  • maladroit,
  • unleavened,
  • ineffectual,
  • scalding,
  • diabolical,
  • personal,
  • leastwise,
  • sadistic,
  • OCH,
  • interestingly,
  • tyrannical,
  • snarky,
  • ferocious,
  • keen,
  • merciless,
  • incapable,
  • unattractive,
  • inexpert,
  • hurtful,
  • poisonous,
  • pitiless,
  • ultimate,
  • uninviting,
  • sharp-tongued,
  • unedifying,
  • actual.
  •
  • devilish,
  • What,
  • terminal,
  • giddy,
  • extremely,
  • supreme,
  • notably,
  • ragged,
  • unpalatable,
  • far,
  • massive,
  • fatal,
  • helpless,
  • impractical,
  • sick,
  • explosive,
  • unfit,
  • rigid,
  • incompetent,
  • black,
  • unbearable,
  • darned,
  • sure,
  • entirely,
  • abusive,
  • unappetizing,
  • just,
  • greatly,
  • spectacular,
  • Searing,
  • infernal,
  • actively,
  • sharply,
  • slimy,
  • highly,
  • eminently,
  • exceedingly,
  • even,
  • rusty,
  • profound,
  • unskilled,
  • chilling,
  • hopeless.
  •
  • bleak,
  • exceptionally,
  • high-level,
  • perfect,
  • grave,
  • exact,
  • nameless,
  • intense,
  • proper,
  • crushing,
  • whole,
  • extreme,
  • unequal,
  • amateur,
  • stiff,
  • acute,
  • nagging.
  •
  • epic,
  • full,
  • extra.
  •
  • grim,
  • mighty,
  • harsh,
  • very.
  •
  • heavy.
  •
  • strong,
  • rough.
  •astonishing
  • overwhelming.
  •outrageous
  • ungodly.

Paraphrases for Awful:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    horrific, horrendous, terrible.
  • Proper noun, singular
    terrible.
  • Noun, plural
    terrible.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    terrible.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    worst, wicked, disgraceful, fearsome, terrific, fearful, impermissible, unbelievable, awesome, unbearable, painful, egregious, filthy, unfortunate, incredible, unspeakable, lame, brutal, astonishing, beastly, abysmal, lamentable, grim, difficult, dorky, intolerable, dreaded, regrettable, crappy, catastrophic, vicious, uncomfortable, ignominious, grisly, ignoble, infamous, embarrassing, boring, annoying, dramatic, chilling, dog-ugly, huge, pathetic, bloody, pitiful, ashamed, stupid, wonderful, helluva, nefarious.
  • Noun, plural
    Tragedies, blows.
  • Adverb
    really, dreadfully.
  • Interjection
    SUCKS, terrific, awesome.
  • Verb, past tense
    Sucked.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    appalling, horrifying, atrocious, god-awful, hideous, frightful, gruesome, terrifying, ghastly, frightening, abhorrent, abominable, miserable, heinous, disgusting, horrid, scary, hateful, dire, unpleasant, lousy, shocking, harrowing, foul, excruciating, despicable, disagreeable, disastrous, deplorable, wretched, vile, odious, devastating, outrageous, fateful, tremendous, distasteful, shameful, formidable, obnoxious, insufferable, monstrous, loathsome, repugnant, cruel, wrong, tragic, distressing, repulsive, enormous, dismal, freak, evil, creepy, daunting, sad.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    creepy.
  • Adverb
    awfully.
  • Interjection
    terrible.

Antonyms for Awful:

• adj.

  • very bad; terrible
    safe, great, good, gentle, pleasant, beautiful, happy, nice, attractive, calming, kind, encouraging, delicate, wonderful, ok.
  • Other antonyms:
    commonplace, inferior, enjoyable, welcome, desirable, customary, sweet, discouraging, ordinary, contemptible, salutary, paltry, dispiriting, choice, demoralizing, cheering, despicable, congenial, comforting, blessed, dreamy, darling, marvelous, delicious, likable, mean, wearying, debilitating, first-rate, unexceptionable, tedious, pleasurable, satisfying, unalarming, undignified, wearing, unimpressive, sufficient, alluring, superior, Delightsome, restorative, agreeable, innocuous, lowly, salubrious, appealing, soothing, unobjectionable, weary, unexceptional, irreverent, uninspired, luscious, prime, satisfactory, adequate, enticing, first class, gratifying, wearisome, savory, delightful, pleasing, normal, boring, typical, enervating, base, enfeebling, humble, healthful, monotonous, premium, wholesome, unremarkable, dull, uninteresting, Jading, draining, mundane, beggarly, exhausting, felicitous, palatable, common, tiring, vulgar, healthy, delectable, uninspiring, exceptional, acceptable, dulcet, usual, inviting, inoffensive, heavenly, disheartening.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    clean, goodness, lovable, loveable, make clean, uncontaminating.

Homophones for Awful:

• abila, abyla, afoul, apple, avail, above all, ably, awfully, able, appal, affably, abel, avowal, abulia, appall, afl, abelia, appeal, aboulia, abele, apollo, apulia, affable, apply.