awful
英 ['ɔːfʊl]
美['ɔfl]
- adj. 可怕的；极坏的；使人敬畏的
英英释意
- 1. exceptionally bad or displeasing;
- "atrocious taste"
- "abominable workmanship"
- "an awful voice"
- "dreadful manners"
- "a painful performance"
- "terrible handwriting"
- "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
- 2. causing fear or dread or terror;
- "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"
- 3. offensive or even (of persons) malicious;
- "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?"- Ezra Pound
- 4. inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence;
- "awed by the silence"
- "awful worshippers with bowed heads"
- 5. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder;
- "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"- Melville
- "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"
